"My body is already breaking down at 22, and it's only going to get worse from here."
How it sounds in your head: I see guys my age still crushing it in the gym while my shoulder's already messed up. My dad had back problems at 30, so I'm probably next. The best physical years of my life are already behind me, and I haven't even hit 25.
"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
-- Isaiah 40:31Source: World's system of decline and enemy's lie that youth is fragile and decay is inevitable.
He's experiencing his first real injury that won't heal in a week like high school, and every older guy tells him 'just wait until you're my age.' Social media shows peak athletes his age, making his normal body feel broken.
Caleb was 85 years old and declared 'I am as strong this day as on the day Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war.' He immediately took the mountain and drove out giants, proving God's renewal defies age.
I REFUSE the lie that my body must decline with each year. IT IS WRITTEN that those who wait on the Lord RENEW their strength—not lose it, RENEW it. My youth is renewed like the eagle's because I'm connected to the Source of life. I am blessed in my body, blessed coming in and going out, by the BARAK covenant purchased by Jesus' blood. IT IS WRITTEN: by His stripes I WAS healed, past tense, finished work. I receive supernatural strength NOW, not decline. My body responds to Heaven's system, not earth's decay.
The Father is running toward you with the same power that raised Christ from the dead, ready to quicken your mortal body RIGHT NOW. He's not waiting for you to earn it through better discipline—He's already placed resurrection life inside you the moment you believed.