The Mystery of the Murderer Inside You

If your time is not aligned with God’s purposes, you are cooperating with the murderer inside—your own apathy.

Aug 15, 2025

Most people recoil at the thought of being called a murderer. Yet Scripture hints at a truth far more sobering—there is a silent killer living inside each of us, and it does not wield a knife or a gun. Its weapon is far more subtle: neglect of purpose.

When you squander the moments God has entrusted to you, you’re not just “killing time”—you are slowly extinguishing your own God-given potential. Time is not an endless resource; it is the currency of your life. Once spent, it cannot be earned back.

The Psalmist prayed, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). Why? Because wisdom begins with recognizing that our days are finite, fragile, and filled with divine assignments. Every moment either brings you closer to fulfilling your calling or drifts you further from it.

The enemy doesn’t always destroy with storms, sickness, or sin. Sometimes he simply lulls you into wasting your hours on the trivial. He convinces you that “later” will be better, that the mission God gave you can wait until tomorrow. But tomorrow is not promised (James 4:14).

If your time is not aligned with God’s purposes, you are cooperating with the murderer inside—your own apathy.

Spiritual Takeaway:

Redeem your time (Ephesians 5:15–16). Treat each hour as holy.
Start your day asking: “Lord, how do You want me to use my time today?”
Cut out what is not essential to your mission. Even good things can become distractions if they are not God’s things.

You can’t kill time without killing a part of your destiny. Choose today to live deliberately, so that when you stand before the Lord, you can say with Paul: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).

Faith and Biology: The Bridge to Wholeness

True healing is a partnership between the Creator and His creation. Science confirms that the nervous system, immune system, and even genetic expression respond to emotional release, spiritual alignment, and belief. Faith is not a substitute for biology—it is the key that activates it.

Your body carries the Source Code of life, written by God into every cell. Trauma may dim its light, but it cannot erase it. By acknowledging wounds, releasing them, and stepping into a life of belief and alignment, you awaken the self-healing design that has been waiting all along.

When you release trauma and reclaim faith in your own divine blueprint, your body begins to remember. Cells repair. Energy returns. Peace flows. And you step into the wholeness you were always meant to live.

The Hidden Cost of Stress and the Vacation Effect

Many people have experienced this strange phenomenon: they work hard, push through endless stress, and finally take a much-needed vacation—only to get sick on the very first day. It seems unfair, almost ironic. After all, isn’t rest supposed to make you healthier?

The answer lies in the way stress operates in the body. Imagine stress as a tidal wave constantly pounding your cells. While you are “in the fight,” your body produces adrenaline, cortisol, and other stress hormones to keep you moving. It’s as if the lights in your internal house are running on emergency power. You don’t feel the damage immediately because your body is too busy surviving.

Then, when you finally relax, the wave recedes—and suddenly you feel the cost. Cells that were running on empty lose power completely. Weak, dying cells become vulnerable to infection. This is why the body often breaks down after stress ends, not during it. God designed your cells to resist sickness when they are strong and powered, but once the lights dim, the defenses fall.

Not all cells in your body regenerate at the same pace. Some replicate every three days, others every 120 days. When weak or dying cells replicate, they produce weaker copies, creating a chain reaction of vulnerability. If left unaddressed, this weakness compounds—what I call the exponential decay of cellular vitality. The good news is that restoration can be triggered the moment you begin to repair the damage, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

The Body as a House of Light

Your body is like a house powered by the light of God’s design. When every circuit is fully energized, the entire house functions beautifully. But when power drops to 50 percent, what happens? The refrigerator struggles, the washing machine groans, and the lights flicker.

Your brain works the same way. If your cells are underpowered, your thoughts slow down, your focus scatters, and emotional resilience falters. Cognitive issues are not random—they often mirror the health of your cellular “grid.” A healthy nervous system is like a house running at full voltage. A weakened system is like stumbling around in the dark with only half the lights on.

This is why prolonged stress, grief, or unprocessed trauma doesn’t just make you tired; it dims the very circuits that govern thinking, healing, and immunity. Restoration requires more than rest—it requires a reconnection to the Source of life, the same divine energy that Christ said flowed out of Him when the woman touched His garment in faith.