The Shocking Gut Connection That Can Weaken Your Faith

 

I came across this the other evening. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be the entirety of the original clip (it was a video share of another person’s video), but what I was able to capture was indeed powerful. I wanted to share this with you all, as this is something to which I can personally attest.

[As a favor to those who are Biblically-minded to the point of wanting and needing to cross-check everything against Scripture (and I don’t blame you!) I’ve included a few reference Bible verses at the end of this post for your perusal.]

Transcription 

You wanna hear something really cool about how nobody talks about how your spiritual clarity and your ability to hear God can directly be connected to your gut health? And science and scripture have been pointing to this truth the whole time. So, here’s some science explained simply: your gut and your brain are constantly talking to each other through something called the Vagus nerve. Think of it like a personal highway that sends messages back and forth just all day long. Most people don’t realize that 90% of your serotonin, which is your mood-stabilizing hormone, is made in your gut and not your brain. 50% of your dopamine is created in your gut. Your gut has over 100 million neurons. That is why they call it the second brain.

It’s a very important thing when most people think about trying to fix what’s going on up here [in the brain] they never look at what’s going on in the gut. And when your gut is inflamed, unbalanced, or overloaded, your brain feels it directly. Anxiety, fogginess, irritability, low energy, and just even spiritual numbness can be to the gut sending distress signals. So in simple terms, an unhealthy gut creates an unhealthy mind. There’s no doubt about that. It doesn't start in your thoughts; it starts in your body. And you know, people keep trying to fix their mindset, and get closer to God, and heal spiritually or find peace, but they ignore the literal system in our bodies responsible for sending the brain the chemicals needed to feel peace, clarity, and regulation. If your gut is inflamed and overloaded with processed foods, lacking nutrients, or just filled with stress hormones, your brain doesn’t stand a chance. Your mindset won’t shift, your emotions won’t stabilize, and your clarity won’t come, and then your spirit just feels muted. So because your body is stuck in survival mode, this is why healing physically, mentally, and spiritually almost always starts with the gut. And nobody talks about that. There’s a reason the Bible repeatedly says, the body is a temple, not because God is obsessed with rules, but because He understands how connected our physical health is to our emotional and spiritual clarity.

So, some really cool deeper Biblical correlations that I want you to think about, so it always says in the Bible, a temple must be kept clean. [check references at the bottom] and our gut is literally the cleansing center of the body. A temple must be balanced. Our gut creates the chemicals that balance emotion. A temple must be protected. And inflammation destroys both physical and mental strength. And a temple is where God’s presence dwells. And clarity is harder when the body is overwhelmed. [explosion sound to convey “mind blown”]

Scripture teaches that wisdom and clarity and discernment, it comes easier when the mind is sober, steady, and sound, and science proves that your gut plays a huge role in building that sound mind. Taking care of your health is not vanity; it’s stewardship. It’s honoring your body that God trusted you with. Your physical state will affect your spiritual sensitivity.

 

This verse discusses the Day of Atonement, highlighting the need for purification and cleanliness in the temple.

For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. Leviticus 16:30, NKJV 

In the next verse below, King Hezekiah instructs the priests to sanctify the temple, indicating the necessity of maintaining its cleanliness and holiness.

and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and turned their backs on Him. They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 2 Chronicles 29:5-7, NKJV 

In this next verse, Jesus cleanses the temple, demonstrating the importance of keeping the house of God free from corruption and unclean practices.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ” Matthew 21:12-13, NKJV 

And finally, in the below verse, Paul describes the human body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, where God’s presence dwells.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, NKJV