I was organizing my vitamin supplements and filling my two
week pill box with each vitamin and mineral that I take either morning or night
or both. I started to include the Vitamin D that the doctor prescribed for me a
few years ago due to the lack of sunlight that I get in my daily routine.
I have faithfully taken it ever since; but...God's Spirit
told me not to put it in my box of supplements this time. I was incredulous and
argued with the Spirit (yeah, I still do that occasionally!) I felt so strongly
that I should not include this healthful vitamin that I had to quit arguing and
agree to obey.
Then God's Spirit told me to look at the ingredients of
the capsule. This particular brand had the vitamin D encased in corn oil, which
is one substance that causes a leaky gut. I am healing from this malady and
have to be extra careful with corn oil.
I was so amazed that God is so minute in His love and
direction that He even guides our paths concerning the toxins we unknowingly
include in our diet. God is so worthy of all of our praise for the way He
guides our steps and cares about every issue of our life (Proverbs 3:5-6; 1 Peter 5:7).
As I thanked Him for His direction, God focused my
attention to the concept of life and death. I did some research and realized
that there are three areas of death that every human experiences.
The first is that our spirit is dead in trespasses and
sins until we choose to accept Christ's atoning work on Calvary's cross (Ephesians
2:1-5). This provides us with salvation and the regeneration of our spirit
(John 3:16-18). We are actually Born Again and alive in Christ in our spirit.
The second area of death is our physical death at some point
in time, which results in an eternity either in heaven or hell. We are free
from sin and death by our belief in Christ, or we condemn our self to an
eternity in hell by our unbelief (John 3:18).
The third area of death is our soul's death through sanctification,
which releases us from slavery to sin and destruction (Romans 8:2). Our soul -
our thoughts, choices and emotions - is gradually changed over the course of
our life to mirror Christ's divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). We slowly die to self
and are more and more alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:5; Galatians 2:20).
Prayer:
Father God, most people fear death. We have never
experienced it before and we fear the unknown quality of death. We anticipate
pain, and we worry about our eternal destination. Yet, in You there is no
concern. Our last breath on earth is followed by our next breath in heaven. You
delight in the death of Your Saints (Psalm 116:15).
As Solomon concluded, "The day of our death is
better than the day of our birth." (Ecclesiastes 7:1) Authentic Born Again
Believers look forward to joining You for eternity once we leave this world
behind. Help us to win as many people to faith in Christ as will receive Him - with
open hearts, eyes, ears and minds - before it is too late.
Thought for the Day:
God guides our steps throughout our life and welcomes us
with open arms into eternity with Him; He delights over us with singing. -
Zephaniah 3:17
