Is there anyone like me who knows you need to exercise, because you see the difference it makes, but sometimes find the motivation and the energy to do physical fitness sadly lacking? I exercise three times a week by swimming around 60 lengths of the pool. One day just recently as I contemplated going to the leisure club, I could see that my thought process was beginning to talk me out of going. My energy levels were low and so I thought to myself, “I’m too tired, maybe I should just stay here and get on with some work. I don’t have the energy today!” I was on the brink of staying where I was, when I thought I would compromise. I would go and probably only do 10-20 lengths. I somehow convinced myself that it was important to exercise and even a small amount of exercise is better than none. Before I left the house, I ate some protein and drank a little energy drink. When I got into the swimming pool, I could not believe the energy I had. I zoomed to the end of the pool and back again with ease and ended up swimming 60 lengths with no problem at all. The protein I had eaten and the small energy drink supplied the strength I needed.
It got me thinking how many of us do this in our spiritual lives. We get exhausted spiritually. We then convince ourselves that we are too tired to spend time in God’s presence. We know we need to read our Bibles and talk to our Papa God to not only grow in life but also to survive and be victorious, but we don’t have time and it seems too difficult to get ourselves motivated. We forget to eat the word and drink in the presence of God. When we do that, our spiritual energy levels get depleted and we are not able to overcome the enemy’s tactics in our life. We want to soar spiritually, to zoom our way through life as he takes our hand and guides our path, but in order to do that we need our daily spiritual food. Let’s not forget to exercise spiritually every day; let’s make sure we tone our heart and get the Bible pumping through our veins. His presence is our life blood.
If you find it difficult to exercise spiritually, then I have the ideal book for you. Nancy Goudie’s Spiritual Health Encounters will give you a daily plan to help you tone your spiritual muscles. This book is full of creative spiritual exercises which are fun to do, yet take you deeper than you have gone before. If you want to meet God, communicate with Him and find out what it is like to have a vibrant living relationship on a minute by minute basis with the Holy Spirit, then this book is for you! It’s not so much a book you read, but a book you do. Try it and see, I tell you it will give you the spiritual energy you need to thrive. You will soon see the difference when you exercise spiritually every day!
