“But
I discipline my body and bring it
into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become
disqualified.”
This reminds me of what
Pastor Steve was teaching this morning. He was talking about these other
religions that all do so much to bring their body into submission, and they do
so much for their gods, but we have the one true God and we do so little. I was
challenged by this.
Think
about it! The Mormon runs to a new neighbor with cookies within an hour; the
Jehovah’s Witness is so quick to share their faith; the Hindus pray daily for
hours at a time. Why don’t we keep these things?
With
Christianity, it’s not actually required for us to do these things, while it’s
required with theirs… which is of course unbiblical – our works don’t save us.
But why don’t we show our love to God so much more than they? Why can’t we have
this devotion? The Hindu finds no problem reading and praying every morning,
why is it so hard for us to?
This
week I will write prayers to God in my journal for thirty minutes every night –
in order to better discipline myself into submission and devotion to God.
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