I have often used the phrase, "Why reinvent the wheel?" If it's something that has worked or may work why do something different? Why spend a lot of time figuring out this or that if someone has already done it? Make sense right?
Over the last 8+ months I have learned that reinventing the wheel is necessary if I am going to live the free and disciplined life that God desires. There are so many theories , both good and bad, that one can follow on faith and fitness. Insights from those who have invested a great deal of time and energy in studying God's word and how that word has come alive to them and just as there are many authors who have penned their heartbeat on all things God, there are equally as many who do the same on the topic of fitness. Those who have studied the body, even there own bodies and have found sure fire methods towards good fitness. Most of them usually include steps one can or should take to live a life that deepens your knowledge of and pleases God or develop a particular health habit that can "change your life" if I am willing to do what's required. Many of these are great ideas but I have to ask, are they the best idea for me?
It would be easy for me to take only the insights of others and execute a plan for my faith and fitness but why live a life full of regurgitated information, The word of God is accessible for me, why live off filtered viewpoints when God will open up His heart to me Himself through His word. And it has amazed me at how seeing God through His word has allowed me to see me and how God sees me. It has also help me to discern what's best for my fitness goals and to choose plans that coincide with God's desire for me to live a disciplined life. So when I pick up a book it doesn't determine what I do or what I believe but I determine if it aligns with what God says and if it is a tool that can help me in my journey.
There are no SHORTCUTS on this path, no quick health fixes or instant holiness equations, it's a personal investment of my EVERYTHING, EVERYDAY and no one, no matter how great and knowledgeable they are can replace what God desires to teach me directly about Him and about me. In no way does this mean that I have put down all recreational reading, on the contrary, I have actually started reading more and have come across great books that confirm, re-affirm, challenge, yet align with God's word. This assures me that I will live His life for me, not the regurgitated one.
