Do you feel the burn?

Do You Feel the Burn?

 

Train yourself to be godly. “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”

1 TIMOTHY 4.7-8

He holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

COLOSSIANS 2.19

Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

HEBREWS 12.13

 

Have you learned in science class how muscles develop and get bigger? Muscles develop by being pushed beyond their limits, which causes them to actually break down. It is in the recovery process that they are rebuilt stronger, firmer, and larger.

What this means is that if we want to build up our physical muscles, we have to repeatedly lift more weight than what is really comfortable for us. We have to keep lifting until we can feel our muscles beginning to burn a little. This burn is a sign that the muscle is breaking down and will come back bigger and stronger.

It’s the burn that is uncomfortable when we exercise our bodies. And it’s the burn that makes us uncomfortable when we exercise our spirits and souls. The truth is, we want to become stronger spiritually without struggle or suffering or pain. We want to develop spiritual muscles without the burn. But it doesn’t work that way.

Do you want to keep going and keep growing in your faith? Do you want to know God better and love him more next year than you do today? Do you want to be more like him and do more for him? If so, then you’ve got to keep building your spiritual muscles by trusting him in new and bigger ways — even when it burns.