We live in a world that desperately needs Jesus but can't find Him.

Why? Because many who bear His name (Christians) are not spiritually fit enough to walk in His ways. And how do you know what "fit" is in a world that is increasingly void of any mention of the name of Jesus? How do you hear His voice to know His ways with so much godless static assaulting you every day, from all directions?

"Therefore, my dear friends . . . continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling . . ." Philippians 2:12 (NIV). We know how to work out our problems, work the kinks out of our backs, and work out at the gym, but we're not exactly sure how to work out our salvation. Is this working out of salvation anything like other work-outs with which we are familiar? Will this work-out take discipline, denial, and diet? Will this work-out require a consistent, possibly even a daily commitment?

The answers are yes, yes, and yes.

Fat to Fit: Working Out Your Salvation compares physical fitness to spiritual fitness and discusses similarities including:

• Making excuses vs. taking responsibility
• Giving up and apathy vs. discipline and resolve
• Looking good on the outside vs. being healthy on the inside
• And much more.

Only by investing in your own spiritual health can you live the life to the full that Jesus created you to live and died to make possible for you. And only then can you bring the Kingdom of God and His love to a world in desperate need.