Spiritually Fit

It is Thursday morning, 2nd December 2021, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

1 Corinthians 3:16

And then we go on a bit to 1 Corinthians 9:27:

“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.”

You and I need to look after our physical bodies. We need to eat properly, sleep enough, and very importantly, we need to watch over our minds... what we take in, what we are watching on TV and on our devices. Look out for the lust of the flesh. We really need to discipline ourselves.

You know, I hear a lot of people are suffering at the moment with anxiety, fear, stress. Well, let's look at Philippians 4:6, there is the answer. The Lord tells us to be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let our requests be made known to God. But you know, what is more important than physical fitness is spiritual fitness. We go to the gym regularly, don’t we? But do we have a regular quiet time every morning with Jesus? How long do we spend exercising every day, and how long do we spend in the presence of God, every day?

“For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things.”

1 Timothy 4:8

One of my heroes is Joni Eareckson Tada. At seventeen years old she dived off a little boat in a lake and hit her head on a rock and was paralyzed. But she has not let that physical disability hold her back. She become an author, a writer, is a fantastic preacher, she is a singer and she paints with a paintbrush held between her teeth. She is living life to the full - She is, spiritually, extremely fit!

I look at Nick Vujicic, He drove up the road to our farm a few years ago with a whole lot of young people assisting him. Nick Vujicic has got no legs and no arms and they brought him into the boardroom. We sat down. They put him on the table next to me, that is the truth - And what a dynamic young man... An absolute spiritual athlete, of note.

I have met many international athletes by the way and they are wonderful people, but I have never been impacted by any one of them as I have by Nick Vujicic. When he was there he said to me, “Angus, can I sign my book for you?” And I looked at him... He has got no arms and no legs, I said, “Please Nick.” They put a pen between his teeth and he wrote most beautifully and signed his book for me. A man who is now happily married, he has I think four children and he is preaching right around the world. He is spiritually fit!

Let's get fit today.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.