Many times God wakes me up in the middle of the night and wants me to get up and write down what he tells me, but I am so tired and my body aching that I don't do it. I really want to get to the point where my body is a living sacrifice, and a holy vessel for his Spirit to operate through. It isn't mine. It's his, but I don't give it to him when I let my feelings, pain or tiredness rule my decisions.
Lord, help me to overcome my flesh and be self disciplined to get up when you tell me to, and do what you tell me to do. I want to do this but I need your grace and power to do so. I want to win the race!
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Isn’t it obvious that all runners on the racetrack keep on running to win, but only one receives the victor’s prize? Yet each one of you must run the race to be victorious. 25 A true athlete will be disciplined in every respect, practicing constant self-control in order to win a laurel wreath that quickly withers. But we run our race to win a victor’s crown that will last forever. 26 For that reason, I don’t run just for exercise or box like one throwing aimless punches, 27 but I train like a champion athlete. I subdue my body and get it under my control, so that after preaching the good news to others I myself won’t be disqualified.
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your true and proper worship.
