Quite a number of pages in a health magazine are devoted to healthy weight. Healthy weight seems to be on peoples minds. And it should be. There are many big people around.

It says there “EFA’s essential for shifting those unwanted kilos.” EFA’s are healthy fats, good healthy fats. They are found in certain foods, namely fish, nuts, cold – pressed vegetable oils and seeds.

On two pages in the same magazine are “year round essentials” advertised like nature’s multivitamin bee pollen, reflux free omega 3, joint support, essential oils and more.

Essentials for the body? According to business people, yes! Of course, it brings in money. And of course we must take care of our bodies.

But what about our souls? Our souls should be more on our minds than our bodies. Our Lord says, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) We also have to take care of our souls. What are the essentials for the soul?

The other day I read what CH Spurgeon says about a Christian necessity. He is talking about the TRUTH OF GOD entering into a human heart. (Second John 2:2) He says in the book “Morning and Evening” this: ” We don’t entertain it as a guest but as the master of the house – this is a CHRISTIAN NECESSITY; ….” (Oct. 25, morning)

Is the truth master of the house?