Even If i Walk Alone

Instructing and encouraging you to live your life as a disciple of Jesus

Discipline

Where You Want to Be

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Are you where you want to be or where you need to be? Most of us are where we want to be because we’re not willing to make the sacrifices or endure the discipline required to move us from where we are to where we know we should be. It amazes me even in my own life how quickly we are willing to settle for a mediocre life in Christ rather than experiencing the abundant life He promises to us (John 10:10).

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Why are we so lazy? Consider everything our Lord went through on our behalf. They ridiculed, tortured, and ultimately killed Jesus in one of the most gruesome ways imaginable. That’s what He did for us. What are we willing to do for Him?

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Who Will You Be This Year?

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Right now, you can decide what the next year will hold. As we begin a new year, ask yourself, “Who will you be this year?” Will you be the same person you were last year, or will this year be the one where you finally embark on a journey to draw closer to God no matter what it takes? Only you can decide what the next 365 days will hold for your spiritual life.

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I’m not talking about emotion or anything metaphysical. I’m talking about your relationship with Jesus Christ. You know exactly who He is, the unchanging, all-powerful, all-loving, risen, and returning Son of God. The question is, who will you be this year? Today can be the first day of an intense journey into oneness with Christ.

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Never Say Amen

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We should spend our lives in constant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Some portions of the Bible can be confusing to understand without deeper study, but most of it is perfectly clear for anyone to understand. This command to “pray constantly” is one of those teachings. There is no way to interpret this command as making sure we have a ten-minute quiet time in the morning, or that we give thanks before a meal.

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Those are fine things to practice, but they are only part of what the Bible commands us to do. To pray constantly means we never say amen. All day and every day, we are to be in perpetual communication with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Sin Always Has a Price

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The price of sin is hidden until after we buy in, but make no mistake, sin always has a price. Another fact I can guarantee is the price of sin is always more than we can afford. Continuously buying things with money we don’t have leads to financial ruin. You can get away with it for a little while, but you can’t escape the inevitable results. It’s the same with sin.

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You might begin indulging in it with what seems to be little consequence, but the end result is just as certain. You can’t afford it. It will ruin you, and it will kill you. When you disobey God, you will face His wrath and you will face His judgment (Hebrews 9:27-28). There is no hiding and no escape, save for the blood of Jesus.

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Books and Learning

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I have always been surrounded by books. I am grateful to my mother for instilling a love of reading within me from a young age. She read to me regularly, and I watched my older brother devour thick books at a speed I have never come close to attaining. As a result, I was reading before entering kindergarten. Once there, I made quick work of plowing through the required reading for the year and had completed the first-grade readers as well before ever stepping foot inside an elementary school.

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My love of books and passion for reading has never waned. More than half a century later, books line my walls and inhabit stacks throughout my house. And that’s before even getting to the hundreds more residing in my Kindle and Kobo e-readers. Yet, after all this, I have to agree with Solomon. There is no end to books and learning (Ecclesiastes 12:12). Unless we put into practice what we learn, it is all vanity, a chasing after the wind (Ecclesiastes 1:14).

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