"God is..." Idea

It has been a very Jesus-filled weekend, what with church today, small group yesterday, and reading “The Shack” (so good, by the way. I’m a little over half way done. READ IT!). But that’s exactly how it should be!!!! At Elevation, we are doing a series called “God IS…”- and it’s exactly that- a walk through who God is (and as Pastor taught last week, who God is NOT). Yesterday in small group, my leader asked us to come up with our own “God is” idea. I thought about it, and I came up with one! I don’t know if its original, but I had never thought of it this way before…
God is my personal trainer, trying to get me, and the body of Christ in shape. He’s there every step of the process, to encourage and help, but he never give us the false hope that it’s going to be easy. We have to work. We have to do exercises we don’t like to do, or that we don’t even get the point of at the time…and sometimes they leaves us sore, and hurting. We get so frustrated, that we don’t even want to show up to the gym and see our “Trainer”, because clearly he “has no clue what he’s doing!” But our trainer is always there in the gym, waiting for us to come back and get back to work, because he sees our potential, even when we don’t. He says that his workouts have a reason and purpose, even if we disagree or think that he is flat out wrong. But we know deep down, that he’s right (HE ALWAYS IS). That this soreness is only strengthening our muscles for even longer and more fulfilling workouts down the line. We want to be toned, don’t we?...So we go back. And when we do go back, our trainer reminds us that we have to “lose to gain.” But in the case of God, He’s talking about something a whole lot deeper than losing extra pounds and gaining that perfect swimsuit body- he’s saying lose our worldly desires and gain eternity… and if we do, and stick with him, at that final weigh in, he will smile and say “Well done, my good and faithful servant!” ….That’s who God is, or at least what I thought about it all. So, think about it. You’re working for the final weigh in, the most important weigh in ever- the ETERNAL weigh in. It’s the start of a new week- make the most of it!