To live like this......

1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

I need to write these verses on my heart and never forget the challenge they hold. Can you imagine what this world would be like if we all as christians lived like the above verses. I recently saw the movie 300. After watching it I thought, what if I was to live my life like the Spartans did but instead of training to be a warrior I trained to be like Christ. To love as He loved and to live as He lived..... with only my Lords desire spurring me on. What if I was to train with the devotion of a Spartan, an althlete. What then could God accomplish through me?