You probably won’t know this, but I studied Biology at University. Three whole years of studying, plants, animals, the human body and brain, gosh, we covered a LOT. I came out of that time with a great grade and a whole raft of knowledge and skills, but interestingly, with a deeper sense of wonder about all that is created around us. For some, science feels like the enemy of faith, but I spent those years looking at the complexity of life at a cellular, systemic and even global level and only grew in wonder at what the Lord did when he breathed life into all He had created.  

Because there are things that science can’t entirely explain. And of course, there are things we think we completely understand, that perhaps one week or ten years down the line, a new discovery will show us to be, in fact, false.  

The verses I want to focus on today lift the lid on some of those deeper mysteries. The way that our soul is linked intrinsically to our body and what we think about, dwell on, and even speak out can have a profound effect on the physical reality we find ourselves in, especially when we allow that God breathed Spirit within us to guide our steps towards wisdom. 

You may have heard it said that ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’. It really is. Noting what others have and ranking yourself against them either positively or negatively sets your heart up for a fall. ‘A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones’  

Proverbs 14:30