An Exercise Program With Eternal Value – Bible study

Well, were up at the crack of dawn, doing our exercises. Weve trimmed the fat from our diet and were exercising at least three to five days a week in order to keep our cardiovascular system in peak condition.

But in the process, weve allowed our spiritual heart to become progressively weak.

Preoccupied with the temporary, weve neglected the eternal (1 Timothy 4:7-8; cf. Hebrews 5:14).

We seldom read our Bible anymore. Our prayers have become lists of requests to God to make our life more comfortable and pain-free.

By the time we reach the church door after the sermon has concluded on the Lords Day, we cant even recall what the preacher said, because were thinking about some future worldly event or activity.

If the above thoughts describes us, perhaps its time to go to the Lord’s Clinic and get a heart evaluation.

It begins where David (a man after Gods own heart) was in Psalm 139 by acknowledging that God knows all about our heart (Psalm 139:1-6). It continues in Psalm 51:10, where David asks, Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

And it results in the prayer of Psalm 19:14, Let .. the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

Brethren and friends, taking care of our body makes a lot of sense, but it makes even more sense to gain spiritual fitness by daily walking with the Lord (Psalm 116:1-9; cf. 1 John 1:7).

For thats an exercise program with eternal value!

Lets think about it!