Discipline

Jesus called his followers disciples. The meaning of disciple is a disciplined learner. It doesn’t do any good to read the manual, the Bible and not do what it says. There are three things that we are encouraged to obtain. Knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Knowledge is information, understanding is comprehension and wisdom is application. In simple terms that means to read the manual, understand it and apply it. Some fail to read it some fail to understand it and most fail to apply it. We have talked about purpose and success but none of these will be achieved without discipline.

     Some people obtain a certain amount of success fame and fortune but they are not happy or content. They understand that it took hard work and discipline to achieve those things. The only problem is that they left God out of the equation. That is why they were not fulfilled. I know because I was guilty of the same thing. That is how I found out what true success really is.

     On the other hand, some people expect God to do everything because they don’t want to do the work that is required to be truly successful. They can them blame Him or someone else for their failure. This is a saying that has helped me to stay focused. If it is to be it is up to me. In other words. God can reveal to me my purpose and give me the faith to accomplish it. But if I am not willing to do the work it is just a dream and will never be a reality.