MY SPIRIT IS STRONG BUT MY BODY IS WEAK!

unsettled oppressive day...

we all felt it today - even at church, our pastor mentioned and prayed to bind it up before he spoke on his sermon.

we are doing something new and we are all stepping out for the LORD...fresh start, new level of commitment...new level of everything. So already Satan is attacking...trying to isolate us, trying to tempt us - not so much to give up because he knows we already know too much.

The temptation is to give less than our best, to slow down now the 40 days is over...we don't have to try as hard, give as much time, we can afford to be a bit more slack...complacent. We're still going to do it, but it doesn't have to be so intense.

BUT we have to be careful not to let this happen otherwise we will be giving our second best to the LORD and not our first fruits.

In our 40 days study Lipo (Phil) and I wanted to find that purpose which we would be so passionate about. But it just occurred to me that for 40 days we were so passionate to study our purpose that we met twice a week and talked for hours each time.

We can't afford to lose this passion just because the book is finished. Now is the time for the REAL work. We have to make the lessons and truths that we discovered a part of WHO we are. Then and only then will we see the fruits of a changed life that the LORD expects of us.

Only God can change us and the purpose filled life is the tool he is using RIGHT NOW to wake us up and move us from walking...to a slow jog...to running freely...like when we were children and the only thing that stopped us running around was the sun going down. We need to get back that joy.

Claire, Zella and I were talking about that last night...we all had that in common - we loved to run around outside. We didn't stop until it was dark.

We still have a race to run and the LORD is trying to remind us that we all loved being physically active..I am beginning to realise it's God's plan for us all to work on our fitness right now. We need more energy to do his work with JOY.

The LORD's observation of his disciples 'watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak'. This applies to us. God made the five of us physically fit so to be lazy and unhealthy is falling into this temptation.

So this is a priority for me. What's the point of a strong spirit if I am tired all the time...I will burn out before I have even started at this new level!!! So no more excuses!!