From a professional standpoint, desensitization can have redeeming value, but what I want to address is the natural reduction of the sensitivity that we should have for the human race and life.
Sadly, many in this world have become extremely insensitive to the needs of their fellow man. We have become quite selfish through the generations.
We’ve all been desensitized by our experiences in this world — some much more than others.
As a young boy like many others kids, my mother took me to see an allergist since I was having issues with allergic reactions to foods, house dust and pollens.
For nearly eight years I went through extensive tests and weekly inoculations. In time, I outgrew or actually became desensitized to most of those airborne culprits.
The discipline of psychology pivots around desensitizing patients of certain fears and conditions that keep them from adequately functioning socially.
All of this is good and well, but when we become desensitized from others, we have a problem.
That’s where this discussion is headed — disassociating with God and those God places around us for His greater purpose is unhealthy.
Since God first walked in the Garden of Eden with the first man, Adam, the significance of healthy relationships has been the building block of civilizations.
Let’s turn to Scripture to gain insight into the Lord’s desire for His greatest creation made in His image — humankind.
The Apostle Paul spends a whole chapter addressing the importance of love being the most important ingredient in ministering the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
In 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 he shares a number of things love is not, along with a few things it is:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.”
Jesus’ half-brother, James, has some salient words to share on this subject in James 3:17-18: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
What we’re dealing with here requires a distinct relationship with the Holy Spirit that only comes from above.
We must come to the logical conclusion that Jesus died for our sins and we must trust Him with our life this day forward.
Christ Jesus is the Way to eternal peace and wholeness in our lives!