"Physical training is good, but, TRAINING FOR GODLINESS is better, promising benefits in this life and the life to come."
Someday we will all lose our bodies. While we are alive, physical training is good, but, TRAINING FOR GODLINESS, is better. You will be trading your physical, earthly, body for one of the Spirit that will last forever. That is why training for Godliness is even more important and brings benefits for this life, and more importantly for the life to come! Do you work out every day and do what you can to maintain your physical body? Do you work out every day, to do what you can to TRAIN FOR GODLINESS? How much time and effort do you apply to each of these needs? If you are trying to keep your body young and beautiful, you will be in a losing cause. The same effort applied to Godliness and spiritual training lasts forever!
Physical training has value for the short time we are here on earth and is important. You are the steward of your body and your choices will have consequences. The One Truth Today is that your TRAINING FOR GODLINESS is even more important as it has eternal consequences.
Your body will decay but your spirit will live on eternally. There is a promise of the benefits for this life and the life to come in TRAINING FOR GODLINESS. Physical training is good but training for Godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and the life to come. What is your attitude and position on our scripture for today?
Think of reading and understanding the Word of God as a workout for your spirit. Think of digesting the "bread of life" as your nutrition for life. Think of attending Church and learning from the sermons as building the muscles of the mind. Learning God's laws and understanding the Prophets and the Word is how you build your spiritual body and muscles. The more of the daily bread you eat, the healthier you become. So while we are present on earth we are to take care of our bodies, including physical training, but more importantly we are to build up our spiritual bodies, because they last forever. Remember, our home is not here but in Heaven and the life to come!
