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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Keeping Fit for Jesus!
"... physical training is of some value, but godliness has value
for all things ..." (v. 8)
-- For reading & meditation: 1 Timothy 4:1-12
We spend one last day meditating on the ways by which we can overcome
stress in our lives. This final principle is: engage in as much
physical exercise as is necessary. One laboratory experiment took ten
underexercised rats, and subjected them repeatedly to a variety of
stresses: shock, pain, shrill noises, and flashing lights. After a
month, every one of them had died through the incessant strain.
Another group of rats was given a good deal of exercise until they
were in peak physical condition. They were then subjected to the same
battery of stresses and strains. After a month, not one had died.
More and more Christians are waking up to the fact that God has given
us bodies that are designed to move, and the more they are exercised,
the more effectively they function. Studies on how exercise helps to
reduce stress are quite conclusive. Exercise gets rid of harmful
chemicals in our bodies, provides a form of abreaction (letting off
steam), builds up stamina, counteracts the biochemical effects of
stress, and reduces the risk of psychological illness. The Bible
rarely mentions the need for physical exercise, because people living
at that time usually walked everywhere and therefore needed little
admonition on the subject. In our world of advanced technology,
however, common sense tells us that our bodies need to be exercised,
and we should not neglect it. It may not be a spectacular idea, but
often God comes to us along some very dusty and lowly roads. We must
not despise His coming just because He comes to us along a lowly
road.
PRAYER:
Lord, help me not to despise this call of Yours to exercise my body.
Forgive me that I am such a poor tenant of Your property. From today
I determine to do better. For Your own Name's sake. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
1 Kings 19; 1 Cor. 3:16-17; 6:19
1. What caused stress in Elijah's life?
2. How did God help him?
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