Get Your Mind Right

I try to exercise almost everyday. Lately I have been using a workout routine called P90X. The “X” is for Xtreme and believe me it’s painfully extreme. For 90 minutes the trainer, Tony Horton, takes you through the ringer. It’s intense, but so are the results. I’ve only been doing it a couple of weeks and I can already see physical changes.

There are 12 workout routines and every session starts with a warm-up. During that warm-up Tony always says something that has really been catching me spiritually. He says, “Look, this is gonna hurt, your gonna get tired, you will want to quit. That’s why you’ve got to get your mind right. Clear your head of all the distractions pressing in on you and make up your mind to do what you have to do. Do your best and forget the rest.”

He’s right, I do wanna quit….everyday. It’s a wonder I even continue to put the DVD in! He’s also right spiritually. Our mind, or “heart” is where the battle is won or lost. We’re in a battle everyday spiritually. We have to take the time to “get our mind right” before we start fighting. If not we are on a losing path before we begin.

In Romans 12:2 the apostle Paul says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” We need to renew our mind everyday with God’s word. It’s only by His power that we will find the strength we need to be faithful in the face of adversity, when we want most to quite.

When we remain faithful we will see changes in our spiritual life, just like we see changes in our physical bodies when we commit them to exercise. Instead of showing off a “perfect physique” which is only temporary, we will show the world and each other the “good, acceptable and perfect will of God” which is of eternal consequence.