Don’t be so SLUGgish

Once, when I was gardening, I found many slugs and snails amongst the weeds. As I pulled the weeds and got rid of the pests, I began to think. So many Believers are not doing anything for the cause of Christ. So many are sluggish and laid back in their walk with Him.

The Bible says in John 15:2 “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.”

The same goes for weeds and slugs. If God finds a weed or a pest in his ‘garden’, he will take it out. If he finds that a plant is putting forth beautiful flowers, he will trim it back to allow more flowers to bloom.

Also, slugs eat the leaves of plants, so be sure not to criticize or bring down your family in Christ. Snails and slugs shrivel up and die if you place salt on them.

Mark 9:50, “Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.”

If we find ourselves cringing at the teaching of the Word of God, then maybe we have become a snail. Strive not to be a snail in your Christian life.

There are other ways that we are slugs as well and that is in our physical life. It’s very important that we take time each day to take care of the bodies that the Lord gave us. God gave us muscles to give us strength, but if we neglect our muscles they become weak. Make a point each day to care for your body by adding strength to your arms and legs.

Here are a few ways you can help with keeping up your strength:

1. Stand against the bathroom counter facing away from the sink. Place your hands behind you on the counter and allow your arms to slowly lower your body down past the counter top. Have your knees slightly bent and allow your arms to do the work of lowering and raising your body.

2. Before you get out of bed for the day do some leg lifts. You can lay on your side and slowly lift each leg and slowly lower it. If you go too fast you’re defeating the purpose. Do 3 sets of 15 each morning until you build more strength and then you can increase it to 20 or 30, depending on your ability. Not only will this help build strength, but it will raise your adrenaline to help you get going a bit quicker in the morning.

3. When you’re sitting down for a movie, you can lift your knees and this helps your abdomen. Start with 3 reps of 10 and build from there.

4. I also recommend that you do squats each day. Every person is different so you may want to start off doing a few each morning and increasing by 2 each day until you build more strength. You will be sore at first, but don’t give up! The more strength you build the more energy you’ll have and more stamina as well.