95% / 5%

5% Carnal

Yes! Do you know that our being is only physically 5% of our entire entity? This will come as a chock to most of us! Why this is a chock to us? Because we spend almost all our life catering for just 5% of our being!

We make sure we are in good health – we run to the doctor when we are “not feeling fine”. We are ready to take any drug or go through surgery to make sure we are at our top! We read all documents and watch any video that tells us how to keep healthy!

Some of us spend fortunes to “always” look young and pretty in order to be admitted in all the social circles and never be rejected. Our appearance is key to our life. Too fat, we need to drop some weight; too small, we need to add some muscle; not as the world standards, we need to go through painful and sometimes frightful surgeries to add or remove portions of our body!

We take so much care of just the 5% of our entity! But what happens with the remaining 95%?

95% Spiritual

Remember, God created us in His image: Genesis 1:27 (NIV) states the following: “So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them”. Ok, this is very clear, and you can note the emphasis on “in His own image”, it is stated twice in this verse.

Well, God is fully spiritual! So, what does that mean if we were created in His image? It means that we are first spiritual beings before anything else. Thus, the percentage of 95% spiritual!

Can you imagine that in today’s world, very few of us take care of the overwhelming 95% of who we are to concentrate on the carnal 5%? We all know what happens when we do not take care of something: it degrades, gets bad and dies! Wow! Does this mean that we are all 95% dead? The bitter answer is YES! We are less than 5% alive because even the 5% carnality is not taken care of as expected! I will not go in the long list of items that destroy our 5% carnality.

Ironically, the 95% spiritual portion of our being is what we do not think of. But see what God says about this 95%: Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV): But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Do you see all that we miss by ignoring our spiritual side? Also, do you notice that there is NO LAW against the fruit of our spiritual being? That is the power of the 95%!

God is even warning us of the danger of spending our time taking care of the 5% carnal being. In Romans 12:2 (NIV), He says: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will”. Conforming to the patterns of this world means that spending all your time taking care of your carnal being to make sure that it is approved by the world.

It is time to pay attention to the 95% portion of our body: the spiritual body!

Call for action

Take some time to meditate on the truth. Look deep into you and re-discover your spiritual you and start working on it. God has made the feeding of your spiritual body simple: you just need to read His Word and take His Yoke! You do not need any surgery, any pills, any diet, any expense. You just need to read His Word, the Bible, meditate on His Word and apply what it is said in it. That is how simple and free it is to feed your spiritual you!

So, start the journey today and give life to 95% of you! God promised us that He will always be with us in this journey. I personally love Joshua 1:9 (NIV): Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Let us all get back alive and gain all the fruits of the Spirit!

God bless you! 

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