Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Change Your Path

"Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD,..." -- Judges 6:1a

The woman on the radio station was talking about the pit and how to get out of it. That's what she said anyway, The dark highway also known as Interstate 10 let me focus on her words. Nope. Not Beth Moore and not a whole lot about the pit. But the unknown speaker did make one really good point -- if you know you're doing something you shouldn't be doing, stop doing it!

Seems kind of obvious doesn't it? At least, until the finger is pointed at you and you're the one who has to change. Keep making the same mistakes and expect to end up with the same results. Common sense. The Israelites had a little trouble with that one. They would sin and God would punish them. They would cry out for forgiveness and He would deliver them. Then the cycle would repeat. Got anything like that going on in your life?

Oh, it doesn't have to be something life shattering like alcohol in abundance or cheating on your spouse. It can be something simple like visiting folks who are ill or dropping off a bag of food to the local food bank. Stop finding excuses and just do it. You'll be glad you did.

Same with volunteering. You can volunteer in your head a thousand times but the one time you can make a difference is when you actually volunteer. Surprising, huh? Same thing with Bible study. You can mean to read your Bible every day but it won't matter until you actually do it. You can intend to put God first but your actions should reflect that fact in how you live your life. Do they?

Most of us have good intentions. We do. We want to be good people. We want to be good Christians. But want and doing are two different things. And only the doing matters. Don't keep making the same mistakes day after day, week after week. Take a step today toward being the person you want to be.