1 Corinthians 9:24-27 compares the race of life to the race that athletes run. It says in verse 27 that we are to "beat our bodies and make it our slave". It is referring to the idea of working hard to make ourselves obedient to Christ. This shows that while yes, we need to rely on God's strength, we do need to ourselves beat our bodies. We need to work hard to change ourselves into what God wants us to become. We can't just sit back and expect Him to change us. We must do our part.
This applies to sports as well. If we have to beat our bodies and do our part to change to become more like Christ, then we definitely have to do the same to improve athletically. If God expects us to work hard ourselves to become more like Him in areas of morality, then we definitely need to work hard to become better athletically. We can't just sit back and expect that He will change us withoutnus putting forth extreme effort. We must do our part.
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