Day 7

Day 7

Day 7 Lesson:

Today is the bus ride day! Yep about 20 hours on a bus…ughh. Sometimes, that’s just what you have to do to get from here to there. Hmmm…metaphor? Yes please. The road is long, weary, and tiresome. Sometimes, doing nothing at all can wear you out. I know, you’d think hard work would be the culprit. Well in this case, lack of work is the source of the problem. Laziness…I believe 1 of the 7 “deadly sins” was sloth, right? This is definitely an issue. A force to be reckoned with! Or a lack of force to be reckoned with! Anyway, laziness will make you disregard your commitments. It makes you stop exercising. It allows you to eat things that God didn’t design your body to consume (twinkies, etc). It’s what tells you that God can wait! Well guess what folks, God shouldn’t have to wait! He should come first! Before television, before the newspaper, before videogames, before your own family! Luke 14:26 says, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.” God comes first! I know that rest is how we recuperate, but God is what restores and replenishes us. John 4:13-14 says, “13 Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” I won’t go into the importance of water again… We need God! We can’t last a second without Him. So if you are like me, make today, not tomorrow, the day that you tell Him again, “I need You, and I’m committing to You again.” Here’s the truth. I’m not writing this on Day 7. I missed that day to blog. Fortunately, I still learned something that day. I still grew and grew in God. Don’t make tomorrow your day to jump back on the horse. Do it today! Do it now! Even if you can’t commit a lot, if you have no more time today, do something for Him. Read a verse of scripture. Do 10 pushups. Do 1 if that’s all you can do, but do something for Him!

Day 7 Spiritual Health: Scriptures read: Luke 14-26, John 4:13-14

Day 7 Physical Health: Need I really say it? Do something today! Do pushups; do sit-ups; walk half of a mile; stretch out those achy muscles for 10 minutes. Anything is better than nothing! I know this may not be enough for you today. You may have hoped that this day would be filled with something exciting, something packed with power! Trust me, if you have the power to continue on today, you are doing something challenging and powerful!