This stuff is really important to me.
I see men struggle over and over again... and so often, besides the problem of having taken their eyes off the Lord, men have forgotten that they are men. And really, in this age, men don’t even know what men even are! When you don’t have a clear idea of what you are supposed to be, you’re stuck and confused not liking what you currently are... (with no map on how to get to where you should be!)Lack of movement is a destroyer of hopes and dreams...
Progress, however small, can fuel further effort — so it’s important to “take the next step.” One thing well known throughout military & warrior cultures is that the best you, the smartest, most focused, most effective you, is only possible with a primed and ready body. Even if you didn’t care about looks or fitness, and only cared about the mind, you must exercise regularly to optimize YOU.Men need a dual message. One absolutely being “We’re all fallen. We all need Christ. We all can be weak and broken.” BUT ALSO the hard message of get off your ___ and move... push yourself... Too often it’s easy to sympathize but not energize someone else.
Fight Forward...
I really do think ‘modern’ man suffers immensely from the wrong paradigm. The wrong perspective. A shallow, emasculated view of life and their place in it. This generation reeks of weaknesses and submissiveness to difficulty (Instead of SUBMITTING to God, and RESISTING the devil. Fighting. Yes, fighting forward in life. This subject fires me up because I think it’s so needed.FWIW - I’m a big advocate of getting up early. If you can win THAT battle the rest of the day can be easy. I’m up at 4:30 every day. I immediately workout, read my Bible, plan, and think/read some more. Mentally, when you’ve done what very few have the discipline to do, you are in a different mindset the rest of the day.
Sometimes it’s “hard” for men to make a few small changes, and easier to really decide to get hardcore about life. Because little changes create little results. Hardcore changes bring about hardcore results.
So if you want to change -- get up and attack . . .
-- AH
