+DEV+ A Daily Exercise Plan

Date: October 2, 2012 11:25 PM
Topic: +DEV+  A Daily Exercise Plan

A Daily Exercise Plan

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day."  (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 4

A simple yet profound line from one of the songs I learned as a child in Sunday School is "Read your Bible, pray every day, and you'll grow." Our souls need nourishment: God's Word is our food and drink. Prayer is the air we breathe.
         
Paul reminds the Corinthians and us that the treasure of the gospel is held in perishable containers: weak bodies. Any spiritual growth observed in our lives is all for God's glory. Paul doesn't hold back in detailing the challenges ahead for the church. He himself was pressed on every side by troubles, perplexed, hunted down, knocked down, suffering and living under constant danger of death. The outlook for his readers was similar.
         
If these descriptions sound alien to us in our comfortable Western existence, perhaps we need a spiritual health check. Have we stopped growing? Christians in the persecuted church daily experience the life described by Paul and yet can say, "Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."

Insight: Are There Areas Of Weakness In Your Christian Walk Where You Once Knew Growth? Is It Time For Some Rehabilitation And A Change Of Diet?