Sinkhole Syndrome
Theme of the Week: A Spiritual Workout
Gordon MacDonald
Monday, April 12, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: "You must warn each other every day … so that none of you will be deceived by sin"(Hebrews 3:13). Bonus Reading:Hebrews 3:7–19
The residents of a Florida apartment building awoke to a terrifying sight. The street in front of their building had collapsed. Cars had tumbled into the pit. The building itself would be the next to go.
Sinkholes occur when underground streams drain away during drought, causing the ground at the surface to lose its underlying support.
Our lives are susceptible to sinkholes. In the feelings of numbing fatigue, apparent failure, or disillusionment about goals or purposes, we may have sensed something about to give way. There seems to be little we can do to prevent such a collapse.
Yet we may discover the existence of an inner space—our private world, which, If neglected, won't sustain the weight of events and pressures that press upon it. Some people realize they have spent the majority of their time and energy sustaining life on the visible surface level. They've accumulated excellent assets like academic degrees, work experience, relationships, and physical strength.
Often we discover too late that our private world is in a state of disorderliness. When that's true we're vulnerable to the sinkhole syndrome.
—Gordon MacDonald in Ordering Your Private World
My Response: What can I do to foster a healthy spiritual world?
Thought to Apply: Better to be pruned to grow than cut up to burn.
—John Trapp (writer)
Adapted from Ordering Your Private World (Nelson, 1984, 1985) by permission.
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