Starvation

Starvation can be as deadly as the ingestion of any lethal substance. Jesus condemned the Pharisees not for what they did, but for what they failed to do: "...you neglect the weightier matters of the law," such as mercy, He said. He also told his disciples that they would be judged not just according to their relationship with him, but also by their neglect of "the least of these" (Mat 25:35-45).

Neglect feeding your body and you starve to death. Neglect feeding our spirit and you backslide.  Whatever we feed grows.  Whatever we starve dies.  When we have a healthy diet of the word of God, Christian music, fellowshipping with others of like precious faith we are letting our roots go down deep and in times of adversity and storms we will bend but we will not break.  However, if our root system is starving and begins to die we may look good on the outside but when the adversity comes, we come tumbling down and people wonder what happened as if it were a surprise and in reality it was a long slow process.

If you feel yourself slipping and reeling from the pressures of life check your network and begin to do what you did in the beginning of your Christian walk. 

Revelation 2:4-5 (ESV) says,  “But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.” 

 Praying for you to have what you need today to do what you know you are to do.