Why Do I Lack in My Spiritual Health? 

If you do an internet search on almost any biblical topic, multiple Christian songs, sermons, teachings, devotionals and memes pop up. It isn't a lack of information in our society today that leaves us lacking in our spiritual walk. We have access to more Bible apps, online concordances, commentaries etc. than ever before in history! 

 The 21st Century Christian has access to" all things Bible" ! So why is that so many of us struggle in the same old areas as did the great men and women of faith over the centuries? It is simply because human nature is still the same as it was ever since the fall, when sin entered in the Garden of Eden. The sin nature that we inherited from Adam is always there lurking, needing to be crucified daily in order that we might walk in step and in tune with our God!

Therefore, although we may know the verses, and not be lacking in knowledge about God's word, we can still tune out the hard things. We can still use our free will to feed our flesh and not the spirit. We can find ourselves knowing we have spiritual weapons, yet fail to pick them up and utilize them.

I may be stating the obvious, but the truth is that each one of us must intentionally take the truths in God's Word and offer it up to God in prayer. Ask Him how this verse, this precept, this lesson, can be applied to your life right now. Knowing verses without applying them is like having a hundred books on how to fix a broken chair. Next to the book case is the broken chair. Day after day the information is there collecting dust on the shelf. It is not doing anything but sitting there waiting to be utilized. The calendar day changes but the broken chair remains.

If we are going to have a vibrant relationship with the Lord we must be willing to take those devotionals and talk with Him about what we just read. We must be willing to read our Bible, and stop to listen when a verse keeps flashing at us on the page because God is trying to get our attention. We must be willing to  get uncomfortable with self and talk about the things we don't want to talk about with Him. If we are not willing to get real with ourselves and with God, all the Bible teachings in the world won't help us one bit.

We don't need more information, we need more communication with Jesus. Schedule an hour on your calendar to talk about how you are applying His Word to your life situations today. You will be amazed how much better it is to talk with God and not just about God!