Healing & Refreshment

Reading:  Proverbs 2,3
My Verse:  "Be not wise in your own eyes;
                         fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.
                     It will be healing to your flesh
                         and refreshment to your bones" (Proverbs 3:7,8).

The statement here is pretty clear and definitive.  If we turn away from evil,  we will have "healing to (our) flesh" and "refreshment to (our) bones!"

Living for You LORD God is good for us - physically, emotionally, and mentally!

People that focus on living a clean life are healthier!   Studies keep coming out that confirm this biblical truth! One such did an extensive survey of studies done from 1872 to 2010 and concluded:

"There is rapidly growing evidence that stress and negative emotions (depression, anxiety) have (1) adverse effects on physiological systems vital for maintenance of physical health and healing [344–346], (2) increase susceptibility to or worse outcomes from a wide range of physical illnesses [347–351], and (3) may shorten the lifespan prematurely [352, 353]."

The study went into detail as to the things that cause "stress and negative emotions."  It is so interesting that they could have just quoted scripture!  They refer to all the things You, LORD God tell us not to allow into our lives!  

"But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. . . . Now the works of the flesh are  evident; sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God" (Galatians 5:18-24).

Why are we always so surprised at these things?  Why do we always think we will "get away" with sin?  It really is only logical that any sin will  drag us down and damage all that we are.  You created us to be like You.  When we rejected You, Your beloved and only begotten son Jesus stepped in to make it possible for us to be saved from ourselves!  All of scripture is for the purpose of bringing us back to wholesomeness - back to You, LORD God! (John 20:31)  And most wonderful is the fact that when we do turn to You, You help us to live a life of truth and purity.  

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such things there is no law" (Galatians 5:25).

Thank You, LORD God for the "healing" and "refreshment to (our) bones!"

Ditat Deus - God Enriches!