FITNESS HELPS RECOVERY

John Bevere shared a personal story. In his own words:

While in Hawaii, I climbed a wall to take a picture. When I did, I pulled a group of muscles in my knee and could not walk for four days. “If you had been exercising regularly,” the physical therapist told me, “this would not have happened. Because your muscles are out of shape, you are prone to injury.” Once I was able to walk, another expert instructed me, “You must do these exercises to bring your knee muscles back into proper shape and condition.” It took a few months to get my knee back to normal.

Note the words of the Physical Therapist:

First, there are things that would never happen if you exercised regularly.

Second, when you are not fit, you are prone to injury.

Third, if you want to be back in shape, you must exercise.

If you are not spiritually fit, you will also fall. It takes fitness to stand. Jesus told us the test of those who are fit: They lay their hands on the plough, and they do not look back.

If you realise that you get easily offended and you find it hard to forgive, you will need to do a fitness Test.

If you realise that you keep revisiting pains and hurts while you build imaginations about revenge or vengeance, you need to run a fitness test.

If you see that you keep going back to the same mess - lust, disobedience, or addictions- you need to run a fitness test.

However, if you begin to exercise, there is a restoration. You will come back to shape. When you begin to exercise, your flesh will complain, but keep at it. The initial struggle would soon give way to ease.

Exercise in your love walk. Choose to love even when it is difficult.

Exercise by practising forgiveness. Forgive before there is an apology. Choose your walk with God above any shortcomings of man.

Exercise by worshipping. Lift your hands when it is not easy. Bend your knees when it is painful. Train your heart to worship.

Exercise by fleeing all appearances of evil. Catch the first runaway opportunity when sin entices you. If you are not fit, you will fall.

Fitness is important on our journey as believers. If you are not fit, take the prophecy of Isaiah as a project: Wait upon the Lord!

“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

If you are fainting, check your waiting!

Are you spiritually fit, or are you merely struggling?

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa