Mental Health

November 15, 2025

We have the MindFit Seminar going on this weekend and I know it will be a blessing to us as we join in and listen. It covers the mental health aspect of us living in this time and age. There is so much going on and the stresses of this current lifestyle infiltrates into the mental side of our daily lives. I’m glad we’re able to present this topic to our church family this weekend. The welfare of our mental health is extremely important.

When it comes to mental health, I think about this character from the Bible, King Nebuchadnezzar. “That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.” Daniel 4:33. I wonder if the pressures of being a monarch of the greatest kingdom back then brought so much stress upon himself. The continuous attempts of rebellions taking place from the nations that he conquered; the fear that he can be assassinated by food poison or be stabbed at any given time; the countless amounts of administrative tasks, and much more. I don’t think it’s a fun thing to be a king. But the greatest of all the problems that triggered his madness was that he was self-centered. 

It seems that mental health and spiritual health go hand in hand. When the King did not focus on the Creator of the world, but rather chose to self-exalt despite the warnings from the dream and Daniel’s interpretation, the whole world felt upon him. He had everything, but he lost everything. Even King Solomon, the wisest man ever to live, said “All is vanity” in his book Ecclesiastes, after seeing everything and being quite wealthy. He concludes by saying, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.” Ecclesiastes 12:13. In fact, after seven years of madness, that is how King Nebuchadnezzar gained his sanity: “And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever…” Daniel 4:34.

As we consider the topic presented at MindFit, let us also learn to put God in the center of our lives as well. God is our Creator, Father, Healer, and Peacemaker. He will help you and guide you every step of the way.