Is Your Spirit-man a Mini-me?

Okay, so we are a triune being just like our Maker. We are a spirit (the real me), we have a soul (mind, will & emotions) and we live in a body (that flesh and blood part of you that everyone thinks is so attractive).

So as I was listening to a minister on the radio on the way to work, he was talking about developing our faith. You see we all start out with the same measure of faith (Romans 12:8) "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." Everyone starts out with the same amount of faith (that's because God is fair & just), then it is up to us to see our faith grow.

So as I'm listening to the message today, the minister says, "So many people are living as spiritual dwarves." and immediately my mind goes to an image of "Mini-me" from the Austin Powers movies. If you've seen these you know that he is a clone of Dr. Evil, only in smaller form. So now I'm thinking, okay if my spirit resides inside of my body, is it the same size, or is it a dwarf size? Have I grown my faith, or is it stunted, never having grown past it's original size?

My thoughts also go to the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-29), what have I done with what the Lord has given me? If I was to answer this truthfully, I think that I would have to answer that my spirit-man looks a lot more like a mini-me, than an actual me. This is not to beat myself up or anything, just a truthful assessment of my life. So how about you? Are you a spiritual dwarf? If you answer yes, then what are you going to do about it?

For me, I'm going to begin to grow my faith. How is that done you might ask? It's done by feeding on God's Word. A daily dose of scripture, is like our neccessary food. Remember, Jesus said that man won't live by bread (bodily food) alone, but by every Word (spiritual food) that proceeds from the mouth of God. According to Romans 10:17 faith comes by hearing the words of Christ.

I heard it put this way, most Christians feed their bodies three full meals a day, and their spirits one cold snack a week. If we were to feed our bodies one cold snack a week, we would grow weaker and weaker. So by that reasoning, if we feed our spirits one cold snack a week, our faith will grow weaker and weaker. It was said of Smith Wigglesworth that no matter where he was, at home, in a church member's home or at a resturaunt, after finishing the meal, he would say (and I'm paraphrasing here), "Okay, so we've fed our bodies, now let's feed our spirits." And he would bring out his bible and read some scripture and from time to time even expound on it a little. It was said that he did this after every meal. What a great idea, perhaps I'll try that with my family.

Strength and honor...for the Kingdom and the King!