What Is RU F.I.T. Ministries?

 

The F.I.T of our title explains it all. 

We exist to come alongside of those who desire to GET and STAY F.T.T. with a F-aith that I-nfluences T-oday where we live, work, and play.

We believe this takes a two-pronged FITness wakefulness.  There is a physical and spiritual feature to being FIT.  The Bible encourages us, in no uncertain terms, that our bodies are the Temples’ of God; we are the dwelling place of God on earth through the person of the Holy Spirit.

1Cor 6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1Cor 6:20  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

These passages simply notify us that we are to GLORIFY GOD IN OUR SPIRIT AND IN OUR BODY.  It is obvious to know who is physically obese from who is not; however, it is not as obvious to know who is spiritually obese.  I believe this is true because we have not properly understood the actual purpose of the body of Christ on this earth.  That is why the comparison to physical running mentioned in the Bible is so important to understand as it relates to running the race of life spiritually.  Most believers today ingest FAR TOO MUCH spiritual food and give our FAR TOO LITTLE actual ministry in their lives.  Therefore, by the Bibles definition, they are spiritually obese; this in NOT A HEALTHY PLACE TO BE.

1Cor 9:24  Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

1Cor 9:25  And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

1Cor 9:26  I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

1Cor 9:27  But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

It is interesting that verse 24 says that, “they which run in a race run ALL, but ONE receiveth the prize?  So RUN (the race of life) that ye may OBTAIN (obtain what … the rewards at the judgment seat of Christ).  What does it mean that everyone (who is a believer) runs the race, but that only one (some of the many who run) will obtain the prize?  It’s obvious, is it not?  Not everyone who gets to go to Heaven will receive certain rewards and privileges that come with running the race of life according to God’s rule book … The Bible.

That is why RU F.I.T. Ministries exist and why we provide “Running Tips” that help people run the race of life with confidence and excitement of purpose.  That is also why we put an equal focus on the importance of taking care of our physical bodies.  It is important to take care of our physical bodies (being FIT) because we cannot glorify God if we do not … no matter what else we do.  Therefore, I implore you to, if you have not, personally GET and STAY FIT physically, so that what you do spiritually can have the influence on lives that you would like it to have. 

Influence begins with taking a personal inventory.  When you look at the way you are taking care of the only body you will ever have … the body the houses the Holy Spirit of God … how are you doing?  RU setting yourself up for heart disease … high blood pressure … diabetes … rheumatoid arthritis … and other ailments that come from not glorifying God with our physical bodies?  Make the decision to GET and STAY FIT today … if not for you, then for the people you seek to influence with the gospel.

 

Live OUT LOUD!

Mark Harrell – Habakkuk 2:2