I know, July 4th, America’s birthday, was last week, but this was the first workout at The Mount after the July 4th convergence. 5 #HIM got better on this ridiculously muggy morning. Temperature wise, not bad. Humidity level, almost unbearable.
Warm up – in cadence x12
SSH
ATT
Humpy’s
LAC’s
RAC’s
IST
Mosey to parking lot at the assisted living center. Here’s where the birthday celebration took place. Since this past July 4th was America’s 243rd birthday, we did a total of 243 reps. Between each exercise we did a quick run around the loop in the parking lot.
50 squat jumps
50 merkins
50 lunges
50 shoulder taps
43 burpees
Once that was done, we moseyed to our step up wall for an arm burnout. Short Sale is headed to Myrtle Beach next week and we wanted to make sure that the guns are ready for the beach.
10-1 ladder, no rest
Tricep Dips
Ranger Merkins
Body Weight Skull Crushers
This left us enough time to take the long mosey back to the flag for the COT.
WOD – Be Strong and Courageous
Dueteronomy 31:-8
Have you ever faced a challenge that left you feeling inadequate and afraid? The great men and women in the Bible weren’t superhuman, so they undoubtedly experienced the same weaknesses we do. Though Joshua was a strong military leader, he probably felt inadequate to fill Moses’ shoes. After all, Moses had talked with God face to face, performed amazing miracles, and led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage. How could Joshua ever expect to live up to that?
But remember, Moses didn’t start out as a mighty man of faith. When God first called him to deliver the children of Israel, he focused on his own inadequacy and begged the Lord to send someone else (Ex. 4:10-13). I think Moses knew exactly how Joshua felt. That’s why he exhorted his successor to be strong and courageous.
However, the strength Joshua needed was not going to come from positive thinking or puffed-up self-confidence. What he needed was assurance that the Lord would go ahead of him every step of the way and give the nation the land as promised.
Confidence for God-given challenges never comes from within ourselves. But when we believe the Lord and rely on His Word instead of our feelings, He’ll give us the ability and courage that we need to accomplish His will.
If your life were always easy, you’d never need strength and courage—and you would miss great opportunities to get to know the Lord intimately. Only as we face one faith-stretching challenge after another and experience God’s faithfulness will we learn to depend on Him instead of ourselves.
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