Exercise vs Building

 

 

BodyBuilder vs Building the Body:

 

A bodybuilder was visiting an African tribe, and the tribal chief was just amazed at his physique. So the tribal chief asks the muscle builder, “What do you do with all of those muscles?”

The bodybuilder said, “Well, it’s probably easier to show you than to explain.” So he went into all these different presentations of his physique to show off the different muscles—the biceps, the triceps, the back, and the obliques. He just stood there, changing poses. After the presentation, the tribal chief said, “Now that’s impressive! But I have a second question. What else do you do with all of those muscles?”

“Well,” the bodybuilder said, “that’s pretty much it. I work out to pose.”

The African chief said, “What a waste. What a waste.”

Many Christians work out only to pose. They don’t work out to use the muscles they have developed. They carry their Bibles, stand during praise and worship, raise their hands to praise the Lord and absorb the Word of God from the sermon, leaving the church and never using what they’ve learned.