Bodies In
Motion 03-21-14
Well, all eyes in Knoxville are on the television screen this P.M. as our
beloved Vols take to the court in the current version of March Madness. Even my
ninety something mother has the game on in her bedroom and I can hear the play
by play from here. I was reminded of the above title this week while I was
thinking about the demise of my exercise regimen. I had been faithfully going to
the gym 5-6 days a week for a few months;but, about a month ago external forces
pulled me out of my routine and now I am just sitting around every night
watching T.V. or whatever. How the mighty have fallen! A couple of nights ago I
could physically feel the effects of my lethargy. Bloated, no energy. That's
when I heard the above phrase on a commercial. During my travels this week, I
discovered that the bodies in motion thing was actually a law of physics. They
call it Newton's Law Of Motion. You remember don't you? All those intensely
interesting Physics classes in high school? Bodies in motion tend to stay in
motion, while bodies at rest tend to stay at rest. Ahhh...what fond
memories!Didn't you just love Physics? lol. It just occurred to me that you may
have been one of those who actually DID love Physics. My deepest apologies for
my unwarranted sarcasm. (smile)
You know something.....? There is some spiritual truth to be gleaned from
those laws of motion. Look at this.
2
Timothy 1:6 (NASB) 6 For
this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands.
I like the KJV a little better here.
2 Timothy
1:6 (KJV) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of
God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
You know we all have been gifted by God in different areas.
Go read Romans
12 and see what your gifting is. We have been given these special qualities
to carry out those tasks that God sets before us. At any rate, we, for any
number of reasons, get pulled "off task." We get out of our routine just like my
exercise program. We can become lethargic. You remember the old saying "use it
or lose it?" That has a lot of truth in it doesn't it? If we don't "exercise"
those gifts we have been given they will atrophy from non-use. When I read the
above verse I sometimes wonder about Timothy. Look at that verse. Paul is
exhorting his pupil to kindle afresh the gift; to be put in remembrance. I
wonder if Timothy had hit a wall in his spiritual walk. If he had lost some of
his zeal for some reason. Maybe job pressures or poor health possibly. I don't
know but I wonder. At any rate, in those laws of motion there is a reason that a
body in motion comes to rest. It is something called friction which produces
resistance. It is an external force which works against the body's
forward motion. That's much like what happens to us isn't it? Rest assured that
you and I are not going to be allowed to just march through this life doing
God's work worry free and without resistance. No, it is going to come from all
quarters and if allowed to build up, it will stop us in our tracks. The enemy,
circumstances, in-laws, outlaws. Whatever! And sometimes we have to stir
ourselves back in the game. That word stir means "to arouse." It's not about us
being in rebellion or backsliding, no no. It's akin to getting your blood
flowing again. You have to smack yourself upside the head, rise up and ask God
for His grace to keep on keeping on. Amen? The Apostle Peter had a similar
admonition to his disciples.
2 Peter 1:12-13
(NASB) 12 Therefore, I will
always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already
know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with
you.
13 I consider it right,
as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of
reminder,
He was exhorting his readers to stir themselves by
remembrance of the things that they had been taught up there in the previous
verses and begin to operate in them once more. Whether by fatigue or resistance
we are all subject to being knocked off course. If you are feeling a little
bloated just shake yourself and roll back in the game. Or to put it in today's
Falcon vernacular..RISE UP!!
Psalm 105:5 (NASB)
5 Remember His wonders which
He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His
mouth,
REMEMBER HIS WONDERS.
God Bless
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