Spiritual exercise

1Tim 4:8  For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come

Recently I became a member of a gym nearby where I am staying. I don’t really fancy doing routine exercise and never did any all my life. But a visit to the doctor for my check up changed me. I couldn’t go beyond stage 2 over the treadmill test (which is very slow by the way) and the doctor told me to do more exercise in order to be physically fit.

For the past few weeks, I have to push myself to go to the gym, run on the treadmill which can be quite strenuous for me. What to do? Never exercise before. But each time I did the treadmill and other apparatus, I feel refreshed, relaxed and de-stressed. The adrenaline boost must have done wonders for me.  Even though, I dreaded going to the gym but I feel better after exercise and glad that I went.

Similarly, we may have reservation, obstacles in doing spiritual work. How many times do we have to push ourselves to attend prayer meeting, bible study, doing evangelism etc.

Last night, we had prayer meeting in church. At first, I was tempted to skip because of the rain and also the tiredness after work. But then I decided to go anyway. It was a wonderful time in the Presence of God. I could sense the glory of God coming to me like many waves. Each of the waves of glory contains spiritual matter or quality eg. wave of His love, wave of His joy, wave of His peace, wave of His strength. The waves of glory strengthen me and I felt much better than before. I am glad that I came for the prayer meeting.

Each time I am tempted to skip prayer meetings; I would remind myself of the benefits and joy of coming into the Presence of God.  Till now I have never been disappointed for coming. Jesus is always there waiting for me to come to Him. By the way for WHC members, prayer meeting is on every Friday 8 pm.

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