But like a boxer I buffet my body (handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships) and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit (not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit.) 1 Corinthians 9:27
The above verse from Corinthians has always perplexed me, but Paul is referring to self-control, self-denial, controlling urges and subduing our sinful flesh lives. Unfortunately, many people, myself included have the wrong idea about life-it’s not always supposed to be easy.
Proverbs 6:6-8 talks about the ant, “which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her supplies in the harvest.” We need to be more like the ant, who is self-motivated, self-disciplined and self-controlled.
We must do right because it is right, not because someone is always watching us or making us do it.
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