…On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; (1 Timothy 4:7b New American Standard Bible)
Discipline can help you achieve great things with very less efforts. Discipline is binding and enforcing oneself to walk on certain laid down principles and ways and destroying every desire and crave to walk outside the laid down principles. It is so important for us as God’s children to understand some of the spiritual reasons behind the concept of discipline. God made day and night, winter and summer and various other chronological cycles. All these natural cycles work according to a certain laid down pattern. Romans 1:20, shows us that we can learn a lot of things from nature. There is a great essence of discipline which nature testifies about the Creator. Even when you see the changes in the climate and the events of the world, all things are taking place in discipline to the prophecies of the scriptures.
In God’s royalty it pleases him to order a decree and then get it executed. He doesn’t just do things. He sets his ways and does according to His plans. When He promised eternal life, and decided to make man, even though He knew that man would sin, even then He created man. He was able to perfect his creation though Jesus Christ. Every time you design a plan, a way, an order and then walk on them irrespective of the opposing forces, you exercise the victory which God has given to you in Christ Jesus.
He doesn’t want that all things should just happen with you. Some people pray that good things should happen to them, that’s an immature approach. God wants you to be the author and designer of all the good things which should ever be an event in your life. He has given you necessary tools for it. His word, His ways, His anointed ones and His Godly unction has been invested in your life that you may use them to design a discipline regarding every aspect and association of your life. Living a disciplined life perfects the ability of ruling and subduing. Every time you lay out a plan, all the forces of heaven is alerted to back you up to make that a success, but if a person fails to act according to his plan, he confuses the spiritual forces and he has to do all by his own human ability.
God gave fresh manna to his people every morning. There is a word for you every day, a portion of grace for you every day, an increase, and also a portion of work which the Holy Spirit expects from you that He may bless it. Failing to be disciplined in life can be at times very costly. Many lose a lot in their lives unnecessarily because they failed to be disciplined in their lives. Thank God, that He has not kept you in darkness regarding this spiritual understanding.
Praise:
My Father I love you, and I thank you that I have your nature of discipline in me. As I walk in discipline to exhibit spiritual royalty, I continue to win more and more every day of my life. Thank you that my life is without frustrations of the world. Oh father you have given me more than what I could have ever imagined! You are awesome!
