{"id":313,"date":"2011-10-13T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=313"},"modified":"2014-07-21T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T15:09:44","slug":"the-importance-of-conditioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/the-importance-of-conditioning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Conditioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received a motivational snippet by Billy Shepherd that was\u00a0sent out by the IHSAA for our student athletes the other day\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Most coaches\u00a0stress the importance of conditioning and being in shape for the sport of your\u00a0choice.\u00a0 Are you in good physical\u00a0shape for your fall sport?\u00a0 If\u00a0 your sport doesn’t start until winter or spring, are you currently working out\u00a0to stay in shape?<\/p>\n

Brad Stevens, head\u00a0basketball coach at Butler University and the NCAA runner-up the past two\u00a0seasons, expects his players to never be more than five days away from top
\ncondition, whether in season or out of season.<\/p>\n

Classroom teachers\u00a0will tell you that you should never be more than a day or two\u00a0away from\u00a0completing homework assignments.\u00a0\u00a0Are you doing your part in both? <\/em><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You have to choose<\/h2>\n

It is easy for anyone to see how being in top condition fosters\u00a0success in an athletic endeavor and how \u201cstaying in shape\u201d academically corresponds\u00a0with success in the classroom. We have seen hundreds of examples of this played\u00a0out in day to day life. But being in top condition requires a choice<\/strong>. And that\u00a0is probably why the author asked the pointed question, \u201cAre you doing your part\u00a0in both?\u201d<\/p>\n

Being in condition in one area of life does not mean\u00a0you are in condition in another. <\/strong>It\u2019s sad, but not uncommon, to see a successful athlete who has\u00a0made the choice to be on top of their “game\u201d athletically, fall apart in their life\u00a0morally; or for a successful person in business who has made the choice to be\u00a0at the top of their profession corporately, to collapse ethically. Sometimes we\u00a0don\u2019t connect the dots, but the reality is Christ spoke of this type of fallout\u00a0in Matthew 7 when he said\u2026.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

24<\/sup> “Everyone then\u00a0who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built\u00a0his house on the rock. 25<\/sup>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and\u00a0 the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been\u00a0 founded on the rock. 26<\/sup>And everyone who hears these words of mine\u00a0 and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the\u00a0 sand. 27<\/sup>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew\u00a0 and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”<\/p>\n

Success in life comes from learning what needs to be done,\u00a0 and then choosing to do it. If you look closely, you\u2019ll see the difference in the two end\u00a0results came from the choice of doing or not doing what Christ said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure there are many people who know that training hard\u00a0 physically would help them succeed in their sport or skill, but for whatever\u00a0 reason, they choose not to do so, just as there are many people who know that\u00a0training hard mentally will help them succeed in their class or job, but\u00a0 likewise choose not to do so. The results are easy to forecast.<\/p>\n

Fallout or Success?<\/h2>\n

Ultimate success in life comes through choosing to be in a\u00a0 healthy condition with Christ spiritually. That\u2019s the hearing and\u00a0doing part\u00a0when it comes to God\u2019s Word. Hearing but not doing results in fallout; hearing\u00a0and doing results in success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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