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'WATCH YOUR LIFE AND DOCTRINE CLOSELY...' 1 TIMOTHY 4:16

Just talking about spiritual discipline won't get you very far. Nor is
there any value in talking about how badly others need it. Describing
some friends he'd known for a lifetime, Scott Turow writes, 'Many years
ago I learned their dirtiest, most crabbed secret. That their passion to
change the world derived from the fact that they could not change
themselves.' Hello! Do you talk a lot about things you haven't
personally experienced, as a kind of smokescreen for your own
shallowness? Understand this: developing spiritual discipline is
demanding, mostly done in secret, usually humbling, and not always fun.
Let's break that down. Demanding? Absolutely. It means being harder on
yourself than you want to be. It calls for regularly examining your
speech, relationships and life choices, then correcting them if
necessary. Done in secret? Yes. When you're striving to develop
spiritual discipline it's wise not to talk too much about what you're in
to. Talk is cheap. 'Just do it,' goes the well-known slogan. Humbling?
No question about it. Some days it will feel like one step forward and
two back. Spiritual discipline calls for 'staying the course,' while
others walk away in denial or making excuses. Not always fun? Developing
a life of spiritual discipline is a satisfying experience, but it's not
always a fun experience. Listen to Paul: '...I'm running hard for the
finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy living for me!
I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught
napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself'
(1 Corinthians 9:26-27 TM)