So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
As some of you know, I love mountain biking, it is one of my passions. This past year I started doing something I said I would never do, and that is racing. I never thought I was really competitive, but after doing two races, I discovered something about myself. One; I was competitive, and two; I was not ready to race...in other words I needed training. So starting last month I began training so I could be race ready by March. My training involved CrossFit, and it so happened that my wife was doing CrossFit and her instructor was a road biker. He knew exactly what I needed to train, not only working out, but also diet. I learned that there were things I was doing in my normal workout routine that were not helping me, in fact, they were hurting me. I also learned that my diet was not what it needed to be, there were things that I was doing with my diet that were hurting me. So I had to change my workout and diet and get rid of what was not helping me.
What does this have to do with our walk with God? You can look at our Christian walk as a training ground. In training, we learn that there are things we do that help us and that hurt us in our relationship with God. In order to find out the things that hurt us, we need to take an inventory of our lives, such as what we do, what we say to others, what we dwell on in our minds, what we view, whether on our phones, iPad, TV, Facebook, whatever...and whatever we find that doesn't help us in our walk with God, we need to get rid of it. In doing that, we will have a stronger and more solid walk and relationship with God.
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