Broken Training
I searched eagerly through the dictionary to find the word I had heard echoing through my mind as I spent time in prayer a while back. I had been praying to God specifically about areas of my life where I felt out of control and defeated. The sound of that one word stopped me in the middle of my prayer. He didn’t say anything else, but he didn’t have to. My prayers stopped at that moment because that one whispered word explained everything that I was lacking in those areas. I knew the meaning of the word but I wanted the actual dictionary definition. The word…?
Discipline
Of the several definitions of discipline the one that stood out most for me was
Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training
This time of searching came after a period where I had allowed other obligations and projects to cause me to become less than consistent with keeping my set time with God . I was frantic because I wasn’t feeling His presence like I should. As I read the definition I realized that I was out of control in some areas because I had broken my training. The set time that I had trained myself to faithfully spend with Him had been allowed to dwindle…
Proverbs 1:1-4 states
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.
2 Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,
to help them understand the insights of the wise.
3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair. 4These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and discernment to the young.
I realized as I repented before God that the very thing that gave me strength, inspiration, wisdom and discipline – His word was the area I had neglected because of other things that could never be as important as spending time with Him.
I also noticed that when I wasn’t meeting God at our set time and place consistently it was easier to lose control in other areas of my life. Time with Him sets the tone for every aspect of my life whether it’s work or home. Hence, whenever I find myself not feeling His presence, or hungering for His word like I should I immediately examine myself and make a conscious decision to spend time in his presence because I know that he has a place prepared daily for me.
Have you ever experienced this? Just when you thought you had your walk with God, your prayer time, study time etc. down to a science life got in the way? How do you handle it?
God bless,
Bernadine
Bernadine,
DISCIPLINE – now there is a word that we all need to apply to our lives. Thanks for sharing such a great devo with us this morning. -Laurie
This was awesome sweetie.
Thanks for helping me define my loss of times. Discipline is what I need.
It is so very true, Bernadine. If I don’t spend time with Him, my life gets out of hand. Even though on the busy days, I know I need Him to get me through. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.