SPIRITUALLY FIT IN A PHYSICAL WORLD

We live in a culture that is heavy on physical fitness. Athletics is big business with all the training and proper gear to wear. You have people who are into certain diets to boost energy and others to gain muscle mass. There is a big market for personal trainers. But what about being spiritually fit? First, make sure you are getting proper sleep. Secondly, get a proper meal for yourself. Hard to hear God with a growling stomach.

I am a gym rat and I love to bodybuild and walk on the treadmill three or four times a week. I will start doing Pickleball soon. I used to run cross-country and play basketball in school many decades ago. Being physically fit I believe helps us be spiritually fit also.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NRSVue

19. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20. For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

When you physically feel good you have the energy to read your Holy Bible and the mental capacity to remember what you read and understand it. You feel good and emotionally strong to have a good conversation with God via prayer. You are able to get up and get ready to go to church and worship and praise the Lord. Maybe even take in Sunday school or a life group meeting. Read an uplifting good book or write in your prayer journal. The key is you are physically, mentally, and emotionally able to build up and maintain your spiritual health, amen!

P.S. Use earphones and listen to praise and worship music at the gym or a podcast on the Bible or living a Christian life.

Ok, we will see in at the gym for a Bible Study!

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