Tuesday, August 01, 2006
# 160: Survival of the Fittest
As a result, this medical technology now allows many to survive that were, by nature, not meant to survive. That’s okay, but it makes the human-race more vulnerable to many other insidious maladies. These effects may not be all that apparent at this time, but when we work against nature, usually in the long run, we will be the loser. God’s natural selection is extremely intelligent.
But there already is an apparent downside. The result of our innovative medical techniques and medicines keeps us living longer, with less pain, etc. That is the reason 75% of all healthcare costs are eaten-up by seniors. If it wasn’t for that medical intervention, the vast majority of these seniors would have died by nature’s survival laws, and therefore, they would have been spared old-age miseries (a decrepit lifestyle).
Then the question comes up, why is there so much sickness and degenerative diseases mostly in the aged? Though there may be many reasons, the main one is we have disobeyed God’s laws that keep people healthy till death. What is it? The desire for an easy lifestyle. 1) Eating too much of the wrong type of foods, most of which are processed, which includes most restaurant foods; 2) not enough physical exercise, sweating or energizing sunshine; 3) the overwhelming desire for sedentary type, high paying employment; 4) a stress related lifestyle may be one of the biggest culprit; 5) filling one’s mind with negative junk: TV and movies, etc. ; 6) and lastly, with no controlling and dominating purpose in life, just going with the flow. These ‘easy does it’ lifestyles take little effort or willpower to live by, that is the reason it have been so popular. We love to take the course of least resistance.
Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few individuals who, for the most part, didn’t/don’t take the easy way of living: somehow, they were aware of the detrimental effects of violating survival’s natural laws. These people may possibly experience the best years of their lives in their golden years (not having to work, just for the sake of making a living).
As briefly mentioned above, survival of the fittest--a short term survival until physical death, is a law designed by God which has a specific purpose; so that we can hopefully have a chance to experience God’s long term survival. The majority of us don’t think of God’s Salvation from sin as survival of the holy. Most don’t desire to die physically, although we all will. Those who don’t believe in long term survival, most likely, never had/have a second thought of the coming onslaught.
If there is an Eternal God , and there is, if He has a great purpose, and He does, the purpose of putting human life on this planet is for one exclusive reason. So that a few of us can share His company for all eternity. That’s it. What would life be for us who believe and live the gospel message, if we never had that hope? Just ask an atheist or agnostic or some that claim to believe, but don’t live as directed. They say, “Just live for today, for there is no tomorrow.” When all things are considered, they are the reason this poisoned and heartless planet is in the shape it is in, especially in the Arab world.
In the next few paragraphs, I will sound like a broken record, though I feel it is necessary. Once a person believes he/she has started on the road to spiritual survival, then the emphasis must be on sharing this incredible good-news (the gospel) with as many people as possible. In fact, if a person isn’t making every effort to share God’s love life, in every way possible, that is creditable evidence that person may have never possessed God’s life to start out with. If it is really being experienced, it will not/cannot be taken lightly. This God life is that influential.
The gigantic chasm between survival of the fittest physical edition and spiritual survival is this: Basically, physical survival silently say, “ Hooray for me and company and boo for all others.” Another way they put it: “ I love me, who do you love?” With a few exceptions, the ‘me first’ lifestyle is seen wherever one turns, even in the Christian community, in this asphalt jungle we all live in.
Those who are experiencing long term survival, never think that way. It is literally impossible for one who possesses God’s love life to be stingy with it. In fact, the more generous one is in sharing the Gospel, the more blessed she/he will be with the goodness, love and power of God. In effect, every person (those who calls themselves Christian) are offered the PRIVILEGE–not so much an obligation, though it is, of being a representative of Jesus Christ, to show and tell what He is like. Could there be a better or more fulfilling life? Absolutely not. That truly is living the high-^-life.
In conclusion, survival of the physical, which is necessary, has self-interest in mind, while the basic motive for survival of the spirit has the interest of others in mind. And the motivating power behind that selfless love for others comes to life when God’s love is activated by you and I. Simply put, we show and tell others how to experience being loved by God, and how to reciprocate that love back to God, so that others can also pass it on. That is continual long term survival. Amen !
Thanks for your interest. I hope I answered your question.
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