Our nation is plagued with obesity, at least that's what "they" say and who of us can dispute it? It's 'apparent', we see obesity everywhere.
Obesity isn't new to the Christian world either; we've been plagued with it for centuries. Pink, plump, tender and pampered over-weight Christians. Overweight Christians are also 'apparent' especially on Sundays where they can be found feasting on the Word.
Today we have an abundance of great chefs, the seminaries are pumping them out every year. The goal of every good chef is to feed us what we want and make it delicious ... we need a different diet.
Obesity isn't a matter of genetics with Christians; it's a rather simple problem ... the same old problem; ingesting too much food with too little exercise.
Let me repeat: too much food and too little exercise.
Can there be too much of a good thing? 'Apparently' so!
It's much easier and more convenient to cook, eat and fellowship than to be outside working off those 'divine' calories.
Unfortunately, in our society there will always be the many who live to eat and the few who eat to live, which is the healthier way to go. Unfortunately too, in our spiritual parallel the same perversion exists.
Churches by the score producing and reproducing obese Christians. Christians born into Church families with a dietary predisposition to ... obesity.
Cheers for the chef? ... I don't think so.
Many Christians can quote "II Tim 2:15" "Study the Word to show yourself approved unto God ..." but few can find and quote "James 1:22"..." be doers of the Word, not just hearers, that's deception."
Hearers of the Word and not doers leads to obesity!
"Show me a fat cook and I'll show you a good cook!" or so the saying goes ... unfortunately; more of a truism than a saying. Good cooks love food; love to eat it and love to share it. Look at the great food found in churches, seminaries (Cooking schools.) and books today. Resulting in the too well fed, fat and contented Christians we see waddling around today.
God's Divine calories turned "selfish" make for unhealthy fat!
No need for diets, just more time outside the Church building using the energy from God's good food to reach a needy and hurting world.
Obvious conclusion: Let's be doers of His Word! ... not just hearers.
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