Testimony of Healing February 16, 2026 Issue

A spiritual workout

Bobby Lewis

Sometimes it appears that doing something too repetitively can lead to injury or exhaustion. A matter-based perspective tends to consider this as “normal” cause and effect—something just to be accepted. Spiritually, however, there is another way to see it.

I learned a bit about this while training for a mountain bike race down the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico. Over the winter, I put in a lot of training miles and was dealing with a number of injuries as the date of the race neared. Persistent knee pain and saddle sores made me feel uncertain about starting something that would require riding long hours each day for several weeks.

So I prayed. I asked God for understanding about how to approach the physical challenge from a spiritual perspective—a perspective I was sure would bring healing. And the inspiration that came in prayer was that no spiritual action results in injury or exhaustion.

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