Thursday 25 March 2021

Exercise !

Exercise is useful in few things, while godliness is useful in everything. 1 Timothy 4.8

Perhaps because I am not very athletic, I admire its joggers who, in rain, wind, snow and fog, do not deviate from the practice of their daily passion. No doubt they are, for many, obsessed with their form, their vitality, their mental and physical well-being. Hard exercise is the way they go to experience what they aspire to.

While the Bible says exercise is of little use, it is not meant to minimize the value of physical effort. This is in terms of eternal fallout that she talks about. Of course, being in good physical condition is a good thing, but for this life only. At a pinch, it can prolong the present life. But it will have no effect on our eternal fate.

Godliness is the exercise that the Bible recommends for our eternal well-being. Godliness is all that concerns our relationship with God. Through Jesus Christ, we can be healed of all the evils that sclerotic our soul. Taking the time to know him (by reading the Bible) and to talk to him (by prayer) provides an energy that will be active until eternal life.

For the good of your whole being, follow the full program : sport and piety every day !

Gilles Georgel

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Proposed Reading : 1st letter to the Corinthians, chapter 9, verses 24 and 25.

9.24 Don't you know that the competitors in the stadium all run, but only one wins the prize ? Run to win it.

9.25 All the athletes impose themselves all kinds of privations, and they do it to obtain a crown which will destroy itself ; but we are for an indestructible crown.

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