TRUE LIFE ABUNDANT
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. Hebrews 12:11
Alarm goes off at 4:59 a.m.
He hits snooze. Again at 5:07, 5:15, 5:23, 5:31.
Finally he turns it off. The young man has such a desire. He not only wants to be starter on his team, but he wants to excel as a star. He is determined to do what not many others are doing in order that he can accomplish what few others are willing and able to do. Tired. He sits up. His pillow is calling his name.
Choice to make. Listen to his feelings, his pillow. Or, his desire. His dream.
Gets dressed. Out the door into the dark cool predawn. He jogs to the field. Starts running his sprints. Hurries home, has to be at school at 7.
A few weeks later the clock flips from 4:58 to 4:59. Silence in the bedroom. No movement.
The front door quietly shuts. He is already out the door running to the field. Searching and calling out discipline. He no longer hides from it; no longer does he run from it. He no longer loathes it. He now needs it. He calls it out. He embraces and inhales it. He has discovered what it can do for him. It can make his desires and dreams a reality.
The biggest hurdle we have in actualizing the purposes God has put in our hearts is discipline; discipline to be obedient to His Word and disciplined to put the distractions and deceptions to the side.
True Life Abundant 