Have you developed bad habits?

Aristotle said that “we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” What is it that you are repeatedly doing? Are your habits translating into excellence or destruction? 

 

We need to take time to examine our habits and determine whether they are beneficial to us/others or harmful.  If we find that we have developed bad habits, then we need to consider what area of our life is lacking discipline.  2 Timothy 1:7 says “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.” We ought to live disciplined lives.  If we have allowed bad habits to grow roots, then we need to pray to God and allow his word to change us. 

 

 

Breaking bad habits can be very difficult.  It takes continuous, conscious effort, lots of prayers and recognizing the negative impact our habits have on ourselves and others.  Accepting that we need discipline is also important.  Proverbs 10:17 says that “People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.”

 

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).  Let’s get disciplined, study the word and be transformed!