{"id":3037,"date":"2012-01-27T09:31:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2014-07-21T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T14:14:05","slug":"23-year-old-brain-31-year-old-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/23-year-old-brain-31-year-old-body\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Year Old Brain, 31 Year Old Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m an idiot.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>I just recently signed up for an event called Tough Mudder<\/a>. It’s basically 12 miles of obstacles designed by British special forces. The estimated completion time is 3 hours. I’m really not quite sure why I signed up. As I looked at the pictures and videos from past and current Tough Mudder events, I must have thought for a moment that I was young again; that my body could withstand the torture; that I could actually be an asset to the team I was about to join…now I’m having my doubts!<\/p>\n

Reality Check<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For those of us 30 and older, we’ve all had lapses in judgement regarding our physical abilities.\u00a0 The guy who jumps into a pickup game of whatever.\u00a0 The woman who takes off after her dog that just got loose.\u00a0 Whatever the activity, we learn quickly that our brains might be 23, but our bodies aren’t.\u00a0 We don’t run as fast, we can’t push as hard, and we certainly don’t recover quickly.\u00a0 Slowly but surely we become more aware of our limitations, and we become more reserved about the activities we’re willing to participate in.<\/p>\n

Caleb: Mr. Die Hard<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Enter Caleb.\u00a0 When we find Caleb in Joshua 14, he’s 85 years old…but he claims to be as strong as he was when he was 45 (still seems kinda old, but hey, I’m feeling younger already :-). \u00a0Caleb’s ready to travel, and he’s ready to fight for the inheritance that was promised to him 40 years ago by Moses (and God) when he returned from spying out the land of Canaan.\u00a0 Has he lost his mind?\u00a0 Has he had a lapse in judgement? Was this his “Tough Mudder” moment?\u00a0 No…what he realized is this: it’s never too late to live out your faith.\u00a0 It didn’t matter that he was 85.\u00a0 He had faith that God had preserved him and kept him well to fulfill his purpose in driving out the Anakites and taking possession of the hill country promised to him.\u00a0 He claims in Joshua 14:12, “…if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said.” This old guy is ready to go into battle!<\/p>\n

Caleb’s faith had a firm foundation in the promises and power of almighty God.\u00a0 Apparently, he did not forget those promises.\u00a0 Apparently, he believed that the God who parted the Red Sea and preserved Israel through the wilderness could also secure the promised land for he and his family.<\/p>\n

Expectation Management<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We expect our bodies to lack in performance as we get older…but what about our faith?\u00a0 Are you living with spiritually low expectations?\u00a0 Are you content with living out a “safe” faith…which, when it comes right down to it isn’t really even faith at all (at least not in God)? What if every believer, including you, began recognizing the promises and power of God the way that Caleb did.\u00a0 What if we lived out the kind of faith that went against our “better judgement” (humanly speaking)?\u00a0 What if the faith we possessed motivated us to action?<\/p>\n

It’s never too late to live out your faith!<\/p>\n

**Disclaimer:\u00a0 this post is meant to encourage spiritual faith awakening…do not sign up for Tough Mudder just because Titus was dumb enough to do so :-)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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