Day 63 — Young Woman of Faith
Training the Inner Life
“But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
1 Timothy 4:7-8
Have you noticed how society talks so much about physical discipline but almost nothing about discipline of the spirit? There's training for the body, diets for health, routines for productivity. But the inner life often goes uncared for.
Paul says that training character, godliness, intimacy with God — that has eternal value. Not that caring for your body is wrong. But what remains, what lasts, what truly transforms is what grows on the inside.
Godliness here isn't a stern face or exaggerated religiosity. It's learning to love what God loves. Responding with patience when everything screams at you to react with anger. Choosing honesty when lying would be easier. Serving when no one is asking you to.
This kind of training is quiet. No one posts it on their feed. But God sees. And the fruit shows up — in your peace, in your relationships, in your decisions.
What inner exercise can you practice today?
Prayer
God, train my heart. May I invest in what lasts forever. May the discipline of the spirit be as real in my life as any other routine. Amen.