Yes, Drill Sergeant!

DEVOTION
1 TIMOTHY
YES, DRILL SERGEANT!
1 Tim 4:7-8
7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
NIV
There is no question in my mind that I have nothing to do with those old wives’ tales and godless myths. I refuse to accept anything which has been established by either of these methods. I even question all those rules and regulations which in my opinion may well fit into one of these categories. Traditional thinking can be harmful to my spiritual health. To think the same way everyone else thinks just because that is way it has been thought of for a long time means nothing to me. Why else would God give the Holy Spirit unless he wanted me to be lead into his truths firsthand rather than through handed down beliefs which could be nothing more than wives’ tales and myths? I do not think my God expects me to wear hand me downs. Nor does he want me to believe hand me downs. My God has given me the Spirit so he can lead me first hand into the truths he has for my life. The Spirit in my drill sergeant, who is in charge of my spiritual training program, not that I totally ignore my physical condition, but I believe as this says about godliness. Godliness has far great a value for me than any physical fitness program I could ever engage in. If I spent lots of time on the physical I might look good on the outside but how would I look on the inside? It is what is on the inside that counts the most, if not the all. I cannot take this body into the next phase of my life when I stand in the presence of my Lord. I am not sure how I am going to stand without my body unless, of course, it gets glorified as Jesus was when he was raised from the dead and was able to appear in locked rooms. But even so that will not be due to any physical training on my part, but completely due to God. So I am far better off to spend my efforts in learning from the Spirit and get my training in godliness directly from him rather than from those traditions of man. Traditions can evolve over time changing and morphing into who knows what. But the truth is always the truth and it will never change. What the Spirit has for me will surely enhance my life here on earth and absolutely enhance my life in eternity. So it is not so much to left, right, left or give me 100 pushups, but straight ahead soldier down that narrow path. Yes, drill sergeant!