Discipline

Good morning!
It is a beautiful here in Mid-America it is around 35 degrees which is really nice right now so far this has been the coldest winter I can remember in my last fifteen years living here (this is an inconvenient truth for some people) but true none the less. This morning started like every other morning up at 4:00 a.m. let the dogs out, come back in grab my bible head to the place I like to pray and read in the morning and start the day off soaking in the Word, around 5:00 a.m. or a little after head to the gym with my wife, workout and head back home around 6:30 a.m. eat breakfast, get Angela off to school cleanup and head to the office all of these things in about three hours time impressive huh? I like many people have to attempt to get a lot done every day in what seems to be an increasingly shrinking amount of time, the key word here is "seemingly" it seems as if time is shrinking, it seems as if time is flying by, when in reality for the most part it is because many times we are not disciplined to stay focused on the task at hand. Have you ever walked in a room and thought; "how did this room get so cluttered?" Or have you ever stood on a scale and though "how did I get this heavy?" If you have you are certainly not alone I have said those very thing myself on a number of occasions. The problem is this. Too often we say "how" and "why" and that is all that ever comes of it we never take any action to correct the problem and the root of this inaction is a lack of discipline, there I said it, a lack of discipline. The word discipline in the dictionary means "the practice of training people to obey rule or a code... the controlled behavior resulting from such training" many time we do not control the behavior in our lives because we do not discipline our selves. As I was getting ready for the office I heard in my spirit "This is the year for you to discipline yourself and stay focused" this shocked me somewhat seeing as how I am very diligent scheduled person, but then I saw it I am where I should be on time every day, but am I disciplined to accomplish the task at hand whatever that may be? Many times ashamedly the answer is a resounding no. How about you will you join me this year in making this the year of discipline and focus? C'mon I'll help you... here we go!