Just Beat It!

I Corinthians 9:26-27
I do not run aimlessly nor do I box as though beating the air, but I beat my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.

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No One Wants To Be Defeated
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It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
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Everyday I woke up fighting with myself, “It’s time to workout.” "I don’t want to workout!" "We are going to workout whether you feel like it or not.” I have to take control of the conversation with myself or else my body will get out of shape. What is true in the natural is also true in the supernatural. Everyday is a struggle to keep control over your body. There is a tug of war between your flesh and your spirit. Your body wants to do what is contrary to the sprit but you have to take control before your life gets out of whack.

We are in a race called life, but in a race all the runners run but only one gets the prize. Run in such a way that you may win it. Whenever people compete in a race they have to get in shape. If you are going to have any chance of winning you have got to train your body or as Michael said, “Just Beat it, no one wants to be defeated!”

1. Beat my body is not some self-affliction or masochistic abuse of your body, but it is a discipline of the body to bring it under submission to God’s Holy Will. Even in weight training you have to break the muscle to build new muscle. “Beating your body” is breaking your body’s desire for what is contrary to the Will of God.

2. Enslaving your body, you have to put restrictions on your body. You have to put boundaries up for your body to keep you from going too far. Like Paul said, “all things are lawful for me but not all tings are beneficial.” Just because it’s legal for you to do it doesn’t mean that it’s good for you. When boxers are training it’s legal for them to go to Krispy Kreme but its not beneficial because it can ruin their efforts for training and get them knocked out!

3. Avoid disqualification. One of the saddest things is to see great athletes disqualified for steroid use or for academic violations. The University of Memphis’ basketball team lost its record breaking title last year because of academic violations. We have to study to show ourselves approved.
There is no wrong way to do the right thing.
Just Beat it; no one wants to be defeated!

Dear God, give me the strength, the will, and the discipline to beat my body into submission. I want to finish strong so I can hear you say well done. Nothing else matters. What does it profit a man to win the race but be disqualified for cheating? Help me to just beat it, no one wants to be defeated, especially me. Don’t let me be disqualified after having preached to other people. Let me walk the walk and not just talk the talk. I’m ready to Beat it so I can finish this race and Win!

In Jesus Name,
Amen