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Kids love to wrestle. They are energetic, focused, passionate and just totally get into it. Sometimes parents will even have the cuts and scrapes to prove it. There is actually a spiritual lesson that can be learned from the way our kids wrestle.
Your Fight Against Sin Is a Struggle
The apostle Paul talks a lot about fighting sin. In the same way that kids fight and wrestle with their parents, we need to fight against sin. Fighting sin is like a wrestling match. It is not something that is done half-heartedly.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
The Bible says that in the same way that you would train hard to be good at a sport, you need to train your body to fight sin.
You Must Take the Fight Against Sin Seriously
A lot of times, we do not take sin very seriously. Kids are passionate when they are wrestling. They go full force. If you are a Christian, you should attack your sin that way. The Bible says that if your eye causes you to sin, you should gouge it out. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is at that level, that we should be fighting with sin. Think about the sins that you struggle with and the actions that you are taking to fight against them. Talk about this to a mentor, friend or small group and attack the sin that is in your life.
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Read 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 How would you compare the discipline to resist sin with the discipline required to get into good shape or to be a great athlete.
- Do you ever find yourself minimizing or rationalizing your sin? Explain.
- Read Proverbs 6:16-19 God isn’t neutral when it comes to sin. Share any tendencies that you notice in yourself that are mentioned in this verse. Are there other sins that you struggle with more?
- How hard do you work at attacking or wrestling with your sin?
- Read Romans 7:18-19 In what ways can you relate to the Apostle Paul in these verses?
- Read Romans 7:24-25 What hope do you find in these verses?
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
