Scripture: Hebrews 12:12-13 - Strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Talk about strength...I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open today because I'm physically drained. But add to the lesson strength! Good thing the lesson isn't really focussed on physical strength because I get an upper body work out every day thanks to kids!
"We need variety and we need specific training goals in order to prepare, grow and heal. Our spiritual muscles, just like our phsical muscles, will become stronger only as they are used. Left idle, they will atrophy." How do you strengthen your spiritual muscles? I know sometimes I feel spiritually unmotivated to stretch them out and move them around, but I know it has to be done.
Spiritual workouts are a great way to do this. Maybe you start easy: reading a chapter in the Bible, picking a verse a day to learn and meditate on. Maybe it's joining a Bible study group. Several years ago when I was feeling spiritually empty and nothing at church was feeding my need for roast beef Christianity, I formed an intimate Bible study with my husband and another married couple...just enough to have variety, but just too little to have so much drama.
This group really helped me for the year that we had it. It was a chance to fill up my spiritual gas tank, pump up my spiritual muscles, andfeed my need to grow closer to God all at the same time. It was awesome! We had just 4 of us telling what we thought a particular lesson meant to us, how it impacted our week, how God had used it to motivate or teach us. It also taught two men to pray daily.
Are you challenging yourself in all areas of your being...Are you growing stronger in your relationship with Christ and his plan for you? How can you strengthen your weaknesses so they can become useful to you?
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