Getting Godliness from the Gym

Recently, I was finishing up my morning workout at the gym when I noticed a new member walking through with one of the employees. Not to sound too harsh, but from the physcial appearance of the gentlemen you could tell he hadn't spent too much time exercising (I hope that was a gentle way of saying it....). As the man was getting a tour of the equipment, I heard the employee giving the name and description of each equipment. What I found odd, and kind of humorous, is that after the employee pointed to each piece of equipment the pre-bodybuilder stated he already knew how to work the equipment. After observing the quick tour, I don't think there was a single piece of exercise equipment in there that he didn't already know how to use - but yet you wouldn't have known that by looking at him.

I started to think about that example and most Christians. When we come to different parts of Scripture, we declare that we already know about it. We have studied it and could probably explain it to someone else; but if you were to look at our lives, would there be evidence that we have applied our knowledge.

Jesus said in John 14:21, "Whoever has My commands obeys them, he is the one who loves me."

I contend that is where the church has become week. We know how to work the equipment, we just need to get in there and put our knowledge into motion.

Let's work out
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