A Physical for the Christian Soul

I am not big on all the reality T.V. shows, but there are a couple that have caught my attention.  One is “The Biggest Loser” because it gives hope to the hopeless.

Many of the contestants before the show have just given up on life.  They have tried every diet under the sun, yet they continue to fail to reach their goal.  By routinely being discouraged and disappointed, they lose all hope that their lives will ever change.

The layers of guilt, shame, and embarrassment add to their emptiness as they know that they cannot change their lives themselves.

The personal trainers on the show, Bob and Jillian, rescue them from their hopelessness and push them to crazy depths for them to be transformed.  As they see the results of their weight loss, they believe, many for the first time in their adult life, that they can be restored to a healthy self-image and weight.

Here is what Christians can learn:

Hurting people intrinsically know that they are empty inside and that they need a rescuer to save them from the pit of hopelessness.

Does that ring a bell?   Everyone who has turned their life over to Christ can identify with that statement.  “The Biggest Loser” is using the same principal just on a different plane of life, the physical plane, rather than the spiritual plane.

So here is something to consider.  People who experience emptiness are a lot closer than many of us think to trusting Christ.  Our job is to help them connect the dots by helping them see the parallels between what we see (the physical plane) and what we don’t see (the spiritual plane).

“The Biggest Loser” is one example of how that can happen.

What are some other examples of how we can help people connect the dots?