For some bizarre, odd reason, I enjoy jogging. I’m not sure why. I really don’t know what’s wrong with me.

I tell folks it’s a great stress reducer, being out of the road, running. I also tell folks it’s a great time to pray. When I’m out running, I spend a good bit of time praying – mainly, “Please Lord, don’t let me die out here!”

But, for those of us that love to run, it’s tough to miss a day from training. We just don’t feel right. And I guess it’s like that for any task that we enjoy. For those that run, missing a day of training. For many of us, missing a day on Facebook, or texting, or watching your favorite show, or practices for your sport, or, whatever. . .

Listen to what Paul says today in 1 Timothy 4

“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it.

As important as my physical training is, training for godliness is more important. I hate to miss a day jogging. Do I hate to miss a day of prayer and study as well?

The thing that you hate missing, be it a type of training or just a fun activity, do you hate to miss a time of prayer, or of training for God, as much as you miss that?

The blessing we receive, in this life, and the life to come, is so much greater from the stuff of God, than it is from the stuff of this world – even the good stuff.

Let us not neglect what is most important. Let us not neglect training for what matters most. That’s the stuff God. That’s where true life and true rewards are found. Not in the stuff of this world. In the stuff of God.

May we keep our eyes, and our training, on what matters most.