Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Love yourself!
Today during PE, due to an unfortunate turn of events, i somehow landed up in a certain teacher's class, who made us jog, and jog, and jog- to east coast to play soccer- for 3min. before jogging back. I have no idea when was the last time i've jogged that much!
Of course, not everyone could last the whole distance, and people began slacking off and walking behind. So the teacher had to make occasional pit stops. and at every single one of these stops, he'd make a nice long lecture. and there was one thing he kept driving at-
Love yourself!
"I want to change your concept! Exercise is good! 1 push up one dollar! why would you stop at 20push up! do extra! earn extra!" Something along those lines, he said, "No pain, no gain!" his main point was that if you love yourself, you will want to 'torture' yourself! because no pain no gain! love yourself enough to be disciplined and train and keep fit! go the extra mile! if we're supposed to do 20 push ups, we do 30! run 5 rounds, we run 6! why? because we love ourselves, and we know that its good for us, albeit torturous now. And though slacking and indulging ourselves may be 'pleasurable' now, its definitely not good at all, not now, not in the future.
You'd probably know what im getting at by now....
[7] ... Rather train yourself for godliness; [8] for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
(1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV)
TRAIN YOURSELF IN GODLINESS! while sin, is like indulging yourself, training yourself physically is like training yourself in Godliness! but not quite, in fact, not nearly as quite. you know why? cayse "bodily training is of some value," BUT "godliness is of value in EVERY WAY". lets take a moment to soak that in. cause 2 nights ago when i was reading this, i did. real good. for a real long time.
why is it of value in every way? "for it holds promise for the
PRESENT LIFE and ALSO for the LIFE TO COME! Godliness, is of value in
every way. its not just beneficial in the long run where we are being 'tortured' now. its beneficial,
here and now.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! Who may ascend the hill of the Lord, who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol! For in His presence there is fullness of joy, and at His right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Yes, it is true, that we should have to give up sin, it is true that we have to give up our free time that we could be using to catch a little bit more of revision, watch another video clip, or some time chatting with friends. Or maybe even a bit of sleep. But all this, is but trading up second rate pleasure, for
golden class joy- here, and now.
Better yet, it also holds eternal benefits as we glory in Christ our redeemer.
So, are we loving ourselves enough, to be disciplined in our walk with God, and being strict with how we conduct ourselves in godliness?
are you?
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