KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Worship 2
...SOME PEOPLE WORSHIP their bodies...
People spend hours at the gym, sculpting their bodies, yet completely neglecting their spiritual lives. ...Some people think nothing of getting up at the crack of dawn and heading to the gym for that hour-and-a-half workout. But they balk at the idea of spending ten minutes reading the Word of God. They think nothing of sweating till their muscles burn, yet they recoil from spending time in prayer. They find time to work out, rain or shine, but if it rains on Sunday, that pouring rain is a really great excuse to skip services. Some people think nothing of working out for hours on a stair-stepper or a treadmill; yet they back down at the thought of building their "spiritual muscles" through the disciplines of prayer and Bible study. They easily accept the pain that comes from completing a 10K run, yet can't see the value of applying themselves to run the race of life (Greg Laurie).
KneEmail: "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" (1 Tim. 4:8).