Like A Boxer

07/08/19

But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body, buffet my body, and make it my slave, so that, after I have announced [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service]. 1 Corinthians 9:27

This is not about asceticism or religion. This is a recognition that our bodies are like little children: they want they want they want they want. You are the parent of your body, the little child. Will you give it everything it demands and make yourself unfit for service? Or will you instead say “no” to demands of your children and of your body that aren’t appropriate or truly necessary, to build character and depth for the future? If we are lazy on either account we are damaging our future and the future of our “children.” 6:43 a.m.