Spiritual Surgery
Surgery
is a term that many dread. However, when a qualified doctor deems it necessary,
we will have it done. What brings people to the point of surgery? It is usually
some pain in the body letting us know that there is a problem. We endure the
surgery because it holds the promise of eliminating our pain. We deem the
surgery “worth it” when that pain is eliminated, or at least reduced to where
we can manage it.
Spiritually, there are
things that cause a tremendous amount of pain in a person’s life, yet, when
told by a qualified person that something needs to be done to eliminate this
pain, very few take the advice. The Bible tells us of the spiritual causes of
such pain: pride, anger, envy, lust, greed, sloth, and gluttony. These seven
traditional sins are just a few things that we could target for spiritual
surgery. The Bible tells us to cut these things out of our lives. Colossians
3:5 states, “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is
idolatry.” “Put to death” is the idea of cutting off something that is causing
a serious problem! Why is it that some do not do it?
Munchausen Syndrome is a
psychological disorder where one falls in love with being sick to get
attention. How many have spiritual Munchausen Syndrome??? They love their sin
because of the things that it “gets” them. For those reasons, they endure the
pain. Jesus said, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil” (John 3:19). One day, the pain will be more than they can bear, but it
will be too late for surgery. Why not take care of the problem today?
God bless you, and I love
you.
Kevin Cauley