What matters more? Your outward appearance or your inner spiritual life? Scripture answers that question plainly. Yet most people, including many sincere believers, live as though the opposite were true. We live in a world that rewards appearances. The outer man gets all the attention. How you look. What you wear. What you own. How others perceive you on a Tuesday afternoon. Entire industries exist to polish the outside while the inside quietly grows tired, distracted, and starved. But Scripture draws a sharper line. Every person carries two dimensions: the outer man and the inner man. One is visible and temporary. The other is hidden and eternal. Only one of them carries lasting weight. What Is the Outer Man? The outer man is what people can see. It is shaped by time, culture, and circumstance. It develops, matures, and eventually declines. No amount of discipline stops that process. No amount of money preserves it indefinitely. And deep down, everyone already knows this, even if they...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi