Proverbs 10:17 The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction and you're lost for good.
I'm a creative type. I don't like status quo. I like to be kinda unique...a like different. I don't like routine. I love change. So discipline is not natural in most areas of my life. I've learned to be disciplined with money and some things morally. But when it comes to daily life and things like sleep, food, excercise, daily events & focus, I've seemed to function more spontenously in the past.
While I like that creative approach to life, it didn't always put me in the best place to make the wise choice. It gave me an excuse to be lazy, to not eat right, or not balance my time wisely. So I'm learning to like a small amount of routine for my life. Weird.
This applies a lot to my relationship with Jesus too. I heard someone say that if we are going to follow Jesus that means you are a disciple. Disciple comes from being disciplined. That was a gut check for me. I was too busy doing good things but not always making the wise choices for all areas of my life. That also included my relationship with God.
Read this today on Mark Batterson's blog: I believe that your destiny is determined in the early daylight hours. How you start the day will determine what the rest of the day is like. That is why praying and reading Scripture in the morning is so important. It sets the tone. Like turning the dial on your radio, it’s the way you tune into God’s frequency. And that daily discipline will ultimately determine your destiny.
I've tried to spend time with God in the mornings - like waking up early - but that doesn't work for me because I need to wake up some to focus. So I have a routine in the morning - just not first thing - that is set into my day now. What about you? Do you need to be more disciplined...It might seem kinda dumb like it does to me - but you might start to like it (again like me).
One more thought from Mark Batterson today: One of the reasons why many people don’t feel intimacy with God is because they don’t have a daily rhythm with God. They have a weekly rhythm. If all you have with God is a weekly touchpoint called church, you’ll lose touch with God. Would that work with your spouse or your kids? It doesn’t work in God’s family either. We need to establish a daily rhythm in order to have a daily relationship with God.
I want you to make wise choices this year and that begins with a connect with the all-wise One. Maybe start with the Proverb Challenge (today Proverbs 11, tomorrow Proverbs 12...and so on).
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