Reading Arnold's book this morning.
Sat with this line for 10 minutes.
"That's the difference between living and existing."
He's talking about excitement. His definition of being alive is having excitement always.
Not balance, not "optimisation"
EXCITEMENT
Excited for your morning walk
Excited for that first coffee and crossaint
Excited to flirt with your girl in the kitchen
Excited to build the thing only you can build
Excited to slam some heavy weights around
Excited just to be here on a Sunday
This should be the default setting, nothing less.
The lads waiting to earn the right to feel like that have the order backwards.
The excitement is the cause.
The body, the money, the brand, the brotherhood. All of it follows the man who's already lit up
Arnold lived three lives in one because every part of his day excited him. Bodybuilding, movies, politics, real estate.
All of it was his hobby. He didn't have to grind through it. He just had to fit it all in.
Life doesn't need to be perfect, but it needs to feel electric in your bones.
“You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
The price is Jesus’s death.
So the aim of his death was to bring into being people who live for the glory of God.
People are waking up to the poison for profit scheme we’ve been subjected to for the past 50 years.
If enough decide it’s time to take control of their health and reject this garbage, the market will have no choice other than to pivot.
It’s time we make all food real again.
While many megachurches remain closed for now, I keep hearing stories of small Bible churches that are exploding with growth.
Why?
Because every believer desires two things: truth & love.
They want faithful exposition of the Scriptures, and the loving fellowship of the body.
I really hope the #coronavirus crisis:
•Destroys the prosperity gospel
•Reforms the attractional/seeker church model
•Re-tools the social justice movement
•Refines the gospel-centered initiative
•Re-ignites a passion for holiness, spiritual disciplines, & evangelism.