In this well-known statement of
Jesus we are guided on how to resist the temptation of living a one-sided life.
It admonishes one and all that we have to balance the pursuit for our earthly
goals and pleasures with high spiritual aims as well.
After all, man is spirit when
stripped of all his material coverings and it will be of little gain to give all
attention to the body and starve the inner core of attention. Of what benefit will
it be for a man to gain the earth (material benefits) and lose his inner core –
the spirit?
A whole lot of us live the one
sided life blindly. We have even confused our earthly pursuits with the
spiritual to the extent that all our religious activities are geared towards
achieving one purely material earthly goal or the other. When majority talk of
seeking the face of the Lord in prayer and when fasting, it is all about the next
promotion, making money, exam success, finding a viable spouse and so on.
While these are desirable, they
are like earthly bread and we are not to live by these alone but by the Living
Word, the spiritual bread which refreshes, enlightens and revitalizes our
spirit. We should grasp the Holy Word aright, resolve to do only that which is
good, and give purity to our thoughts so that all the rest can be added unto
us! We shall become sound in body and soul and we shall be able to soar upwards
and find our way back to the Eternal gardens of the Most High!
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