Flying Bruce Lee Dragon Kick
by on August 11, 2008
So I’m standing backstage at a youth camp in Colorado and I’m like “God, don’t make me do a Flying Bruce Lee Dragon Kick.” Now if you know me at all, you know that my flexibility really isn’t all that great. I’m hard pressed in the morning to sit Indian Style. But I was talking that evening about how to train in the Christian faith–spiritual disciplines like prayer, fasting, meditation, and so on.
Paul says that physical training is of some value, but godliness has value in all things. So I tried to challenge the kids to train in their faith like they do in their sports, in their school, in their hobbies. I believe that Christianity should not be a casual endeavor. Instead, it should be all consuming. God doesn’t just want us on Sunday. He wants us Monday through Saturday, too. I remind myself of that every day, but find that it’s so easy to fall back in a comfortable Christianity that doesn’t really take root in my life.
So after a brief prayer and a deep breath, I jumped in the air, spun myself around, and prayed that I wouldn’t pull my groin. I should have prayed harder.