TWhen I left for the Race, I knew one thing I both wanted and needed to do was get back in shape and be more careful about nutrition. I’ve had seasons of doing this well, but at some point, gave up and picked back up 6-12 months later only for the cycle to start over.
Reading 1 Corinthians last week, in chapter 6, verses 19-20 really convicted me of how I felt about food, nutrition, and working out.
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
My body is a temple, a dwelling place for Holy Spirit, and I’ve been treating it like trash most days! While I don’t have total control over what I eat at all times on the Race, there are some things I do have control over, and I’ve been totally ignoring them.
This week, I began working out again with what I have access to. A field and body weight exercise. I’ve decided against some sweets when it was all I wanted. I’ve drank probably a gallon of water almost every day.
I never expected to be so convicted of this in a season it seems I have so little control, and definitely never expected to write a blog about it, but here I am. Writing a blog and going where the Father is leading me.
Some days it’s hard to want to work out after walking a long way for ministry, or just feeling drained. But every time I finish a workout, I feel good knowing I’m one workout closer, on step closer to where God is leading.
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.”—Hebrews 12:11-12
Some days I don’t want to do a workout after being at ministry, but it’s a discipline I’m learning to love and enjoy.
