Does life ever feel like it is beating you until you are black and blue? Does it ever feel like you can't seem to get everything finished? Does it seem like the morning comes too fast? Is life getting...repetitive?
Life can seem this way sometimes. When you wake up, do you naturally want to say, "Good morning Lord!" or, "Good Lord, it's morning." I remember as a child watching and admiring the dedication that Michael Jordan had. He seemed to have unstoppable self-discipline. I heard a story about Michael Jordan the other day that you'll find interesting. A friend of mine went to see him play for the Washington Wizards, and he happened to arrive early to the arena. He walked in to find his seat, and the building was almost empty. Guess who was the only basketball player warming up? Michael Jordan. He was staring at the basketball goal with intensity and hitting shot after shot. He was focused and practiced when no one else saw, and it was obvious when the rest of the world watched him.
In 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NKJV), Paul is talking about this type of self-discipline. He says, "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified."Life can seem this way sometimes. When you wake up, do you naturally want to say, "Good morning Lord!" or, "Good Lord, it's morning." I remember as a child watching and admiring the dedication that Michael Jordan had. He seemed to have unstoppable self-discipline. I heard a story about Michael Jordan the other day that you'll find interesting. A friend of mine went to see him play for the Washington Wizards, and he happened to arrive early to the arena. He walked in to find his seat, and the building was almost empty. Guess who was the only basketball player warming up? Michael Jordan. He was staring at the basketball goal with intensity and hitting shot after shot. He was focused and practiced when no one else saw, and it was obvious when the rest of the world watched him.
Today lets focus on having the self-discipline to run for eternal rewards. Am I telling you that you'll never experience hard situations? No. Am I promising you that you'll never fail again? No. Am I suggesting that you read the Bible all day long? No! Lets live it. So, wherever you work or go to school, smile at someone today. Allow yourself to love on people. And by all means, do not let your failures keep you from getting up and going, but allow them to keep you persevering by getting up and going.
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