Don’t mind the title. I am not a medical person, and we will not be discussing medicine in this write-up. I am also not an English professor who enjoys using big grammar—though some of my friends are. What we will be talking about is anorexia nervosa, but in a very simple way. If you don’t know what it means right now, don’t worry—you will understand by the end of this write-up. Along the way, we will also uncover secrets to building a strong, lasting relationship with God, showing how spiritual health can strengthen every area of life.
Let me start with a story that will help explain what I want to talk about. There were two children I knew some time ago called Emma and Deborah. They were children of the same parents, with Emma being Deborah’s elder brother. Their relationship was close, but their eating habits could not have been more different.
Emma did not like eating. Each time food was given to him before leaving for school, he would either bring the food back home or his sister would eat it for him. Deborah, on the other hand, loved food. She would eat her own food and also eat her brother’s food. When you looked at Deborah, she appeared bigger, healthier, and more robust than Emma. If you didn’t know them well, you might even think Deborah was older than Emma. This story reminds us to wrap yourself in the Word, feeding on God’s truth daily so your spirit grows strong, healthy, and vibrant, just as food nourishes the body.
What caused this clear difference between them was their eating habits—one loved food, the other avoided it. Using this illustration, one had anorexia nervosa, which is a lack of appetite, while the other did not. Emma had no appetite for food, but Deborah did. This simple example shows how habits can affect health, strength, and growth over time.
So why did I share this story? There are many Christians today who suffer from spiritual anorexia nervosa—they have little or no appetite for the Word of God. When there is a prayer program, music concert, film show, comedy program, or any social gathering, you will see them there. But invite them to a Bible study or a teaching meeting, and suddenly they are not interested. This is why it is crucial to understand the power in the Word—it nourishes your spirit, strengthens your faith, and equips you to live victoriously.
This group believes that prayer alone is enough to deliver them from the devil and bring them blessings, yet they have no hunger for God’s Word. Instead of allowing God to use them, they try to use God. Some will even say, “I have a Bible at home; I read it,” but their lives show little evidence of consistent engagement with Scripture.
So pause for a moment and check yourself. Do you have spiritual anorexia nervosa? Do you genuinely hunger for the Word of God? If you were invited to a three-day teaching meeting focused solely on God’s Word, would you gladly attend—or would you start making excuses? Do you deliberately create time for personal Bible reading and study on a daily basis? Reflect carefully, because these habits reveal some of the hindrances to an effective personal relationship with God.
The only way we can be spiritually strong, healthy, and mature—like Deborah in our story—is by consistently feeding on the Word of God, both personally and together with other believers. It is not enough to attend events occasionally; spiritual nourishment comes through regular engagement, obedience, and application of Scripture.
So let me end with the same question I started with: Do you have spiritual anorexia nervosa? Examine your heart and your habits. Hunger for God’s Word. Let it shape your life, strengthen your spirit, and guide your actions. God bless you for reading.
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