The Strong God Within You

If you've ever been physically shredded (losing fat to the extent that muscles are highly visible – most often done by bodybuilders) you know it takes relentless work and sacrifice to get there. No matter how good you look, you always feel the spirit of "never satisfied" deep within you.

You likely can't live up to your expectations. You shouldn't want to. Self-envisioned goals and self-driven accomplishments are products of SELFishness. You should however be in God's will. That's not only a beautiful place to be, it's the place where you are (to borrow the Salvation Army's brand promise) "doing the most good".

Motivational fitness quotes these days are hard core inspirational:

Unless you puke, faint or die keep going.
Sweat dries, blood clots, bones heal. Suck it up princess.
The only difference between good and great is one more rep.
Do more - Suck less.

And perhaps the strongest in terms of profanity and attitude:

Shut the **** up and train.

Welcome to the world of fitness where the only thing bigger than steroid-abused and Synthol-injected muscles is --- well quite a bit actually:

Attitude
Lust
Ego
Arrogance
and blatant unapologetic narcissism for starters.

From there the 'higher sense of being' devolves into disregard, disdain, and disrespect for others.

If you're not as good looking, driven, strong and successful as me, you're nothing and certainly no one with whom I want to keep company.

THE SECULOSITY OF FITNESS

This is a religion where OMG no longer has anything to do with shock and awe. It is mindless repetition, abuse, competition ad infinitum and self-elevating deism.

Who is the strong God within you?

Before you answer with what you think I want to hear let me just say that while "Jesus" easily rolls off the tongue of many both profanely and with reverence we all need to figure out what or who we elevate to the status of Messiah or anointed one. To anoint means to make a divine choice. It's one of the most God-like things you do.

You seriously need to take a moment now, listen to this song and follow the lyrics before proceeding with reading this Publisher's Letter:

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRAS WORTH REPEATING

If you choose for God to be strong in you then you've got some motivational mantras to embrace:

I am weak but He is strong.

I must decrease and He must increase.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

By the way, if God is truly God, He doesn't need the glory from what you do. That being said, if you're not God you can benefit from His anointing. It's an anointing which enables you to do supernatural things. When you do that, you exceed your expectations.

That goes way beyond your greatest physical strength, you deepest knowledge and wisdom and your loftiest hopes. It gives you an all together different reason to tell people #askmewhyimstrong Let them see something no picture can reveal - that you are #shreddedwithin

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