Spiritual Workout

Our society seems obsessed with "working out".

The commercials and infomercials are numerous; cardio, low impact, high impact, workout in your chair, use equipment, use bands, use the wall....and on and on it goes!

Not that being physically healthy isn't important,  it is...my doctor says so every time I go.  

But does anyone ask you about your spiritual health?  Is your spiritual condition lacking a workout regimen?

A daily practice of scripture reading, bible study and prayer (which can be a physical workout if you get to your knees daily!)

But one thing that is part of our spiritual 

workout is to wait, which seems the opposite of a "workout".

However, we can gain strength and spiritual muscle while we wait for His direction. 

It doesn't mean that we aren't serving in the meantime. But sometimes, there are seasons or times in our lives when we are called to wait.

And as I have blogged in the past, that doesn't mean an inactive state, but one where we actively wait in our spiritual journey...reading, praying, praising, listening, serving, living.

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord.

🎵 Strength Will Rise Chris Tomlin

📖 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

Our strength comes from the lord, so we need to be training with him every day.

📖My flesh and my heart may fail,

    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

The less we rely on Him, spend time in His word; listening, worshipping...the weaker we will become and the more susceptible to the devils attacks

📖 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:8-9

Even when we may feel or even be physically weak, we can be a spiritual strongman!

📖 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

So today start a new exercise routine, before or after you have your physical workout,  get your spiritual workout in!

You can also carry your spiritual workout into the physical by listening to praise and worship music while you do your physical workout (there are several Christian workout programs on YouTube e.g. PS1493 Fitness) or listen or watch inspirational programming while you walk or peddle.

Today my prayer;

🙏Lord, help us to feel challenged,  motivated to include our spiritual workout into our daily routine. That it becomes something we can't get through our day without. I pray that we become spiritually and physically fit (Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.1 Corinthians 6:19-20) with the purpose to better serve you. Amen❤️

Here is something I created for those who like the challenge sheets (let me know if you want a printable version)