Blessed by Him: Preparing for the Competition

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Preparing for the Competition

While I was in the Keys on vacation earlier this month I came across a very neat scripture and devotion.

Preparing for the Competition

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.

1 Corin. 9:25

A crucial part of training is nutrition. For an athlete there is no room for excess weight caused by junk food. We also need to be careful of excess weight caused by spiritual "junk food". Sin's such as materialism, lust, jealousy, gossip, gluttony, racism, and so on weigh us down and disqualify us from serving the Lord.

The athlete doesn't win if he can't control what he eats, neither can we do the will of God when we do not practice restraint over worldly appetites.

Today was the Heartland Triathlon and maybe one day I will be in good enough shape to participate:) I just pray that I can keep the "junk food" out of my life. Especially the spiritual "junk food".

1 comment:

gamegirlfbc said...: Great devotion!; July 30, 2009 at 10:12 PM

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