Getting Your Exercise?

One of the habits I have developed in recent years is to  exercise four to seven days a week.   I acknowledge this has not always been a habit of mine.  However, I spend 30 to 50 minutes exercising several days at week.      I was exercising at a local fitness center the other Sunday morning when I looked around the place at the few people there and thought:  “I wonder how many  of these folks will be in a place of worship today?”     I can testify that physical exercise and worship can co-exist with each other on Sundays.    Most every Sunday, I will go to church after having spent some time at that local fitness center.  

As I wondered  to myself about the number of people in that place who would be a part of a corporate worship service  on that Sunday, I remembered a passage of scripture that is found in I Timothy 4:7-8 which says:

Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales;  rather, train yourself to be godly.  For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 

It is important that we care for this body that God has given us.  Many of us spend far too much time living a sedentary lifestyle.   Our bodies are  as the scriptures say a “temple of the Holy Spirit.”  However, physical exercise is not enough.  We also need regular spiritual exercise through disciplines like prayer, reading the scriptures, and worship.    Are you building up  your spiritual muscles and doing your spiritual exercise?   I commend it to you.  Have a joy-filled week.  -  Pastor Randy Wall 

Prayer:   Lord God,  thank you for creating me and giving me life.  Help me to take care of this body you have given me and take care of my soul.  I want to be closer to you and bring others closer to you.   Hear my prayers;  through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.