Exercise?

I Timothy 4:8 "For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all thing, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." (Douay-Rheims)

It is a truth that the more a physical muscle is exercised the stronger it becomes. If the physical is a visable picture of the spiritual than it would be a truth of our spiritual muscles as well. So it is with faith. It must be exercised. To exercise your faith you must be put into positions to be stretched. The goal here is not for blessings or worldly success....but....the goal is God. And we may not come to know the Father except through the Son. Therefore, we must excercise our faith along this one line. Is it the answer to Jesus' prayer for us in John 17. That we may be one as He and the Father are one. You do not attain this on flowery beds of ease.

These are the things of worth.

Doing God's will on earth....
Entering the kingdom....
Becoming one with Christ....
Being led by the Spirit of God....
Living a life of victory over sin, self and Satan....
Overcoming the world....
Laying down your life....
Taking up your cross daily...
And following the Lamb wherever He goes....

The end: the restoration of our fellowship with God.

Nothing else matters. Nothing.
Are you willing to drink the cup?
Are you?
I am.

In Him,
Lily