Today I read an article about a study that shows that just as muscles atrophy, so do our brains, specifically the study was about social interactions related to the use of technology (texting, email, social media, etc). The study showed that biological social cues began to degrade when individuals engaged in fewer in person interactions while distracted by their various mobile devices. Eventually, the social cues disappeared all together. Simply put, just like our muscles experience atrophy, so do our brains when we don't engage in certain activities on a regular basis. This got me to thinking about "spiritual atrophy". Wouldn't you agree that if you stop/reduce praying, that your relationship with God suffers or that if you stop/reduce the amount of time you spend in the Word, the less you see God's movement in your life? Just like our muscles and our social skills, if we do not use our spiritual skills, they too will dull and eventually cease to work all together. Tonight's passage out of Ephesians speaks exactly to this point. We are to pray at all times, keeping alert, opening our mouths to proclaim the gospel boldly. The enemy does not want this to happen and will do everything possible to weaken our position, until we feel like we have lost all contact with things spiritual, then the enemy will start whispering to us, questioning the vey existence of God Himself.
The only way to prevent any sort of atrophy, is through the continual use of that attribute. We must be diligent to pray, spend time in the Word, proclaim the gospel, and serve each other. This will cultivate an intimate relationship with Christ and the body of believers, preventing "spiritual atrophy".
The only way to prevent any sort of atrophy, is through the continual use of that attribute. We must be diligent to pray, spend time in the Word, proclaim the gospel, and serve each other. This will cultivate an intimate relationship with Christ and the body of believers, preventing "spiritual atrophy".
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