Body Examination

Full-body scans claim to give people a glimpse of their insides. “Using a technology that ‘takes a look’ at people’s insides and promises early warnings of cancer, cardiac disease, and other abnormalities, clinics and medical imaging facilities nationwide are touting a new service for health-conscious people: ‘Whole-body CT screening.’ This typically involves scanning the body from the chin to below the hips with a form of X-ray imaging that produces cross-sectional images. … Taking preventive action, finding unsuspected disease, uncovering problems while they are treatable, these all sound great, almost too good to be true! In fact, at this time the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knows of no scientific evidence demonstrating that whole-body scanning of individuals without symptoms provides more benefit than harm to people being screened” (“Full-Body CT Scans—What You Need to Know,” US Food & Drug Administration, December 5, 2017, https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/medical-x-ray-imaging/full-body-ct-scans-what-you-need-know). It would be nice to be able to crawl into a scanning chamber and see the trust status of our health—and even more so for our heart—but “quick and easy” doesn’t apply here. We must slowly examine our hearts before God, allowing him to reveal darkness and unhealthiness.