You have certain habits that are just a part of who you are. They may be good habits or bad. Those mannerisms are part of your makeup. The habits that you have are done, most of the time, without you even being aware that you are doing them.
From time to time it becomes aware to you that certain things you are doing need to be eliminated. This occurs, sometimes, when the Bible reveals truths that you need to apply to your life. To be a more Spirit-filled Christian requires either you stop doing something or start doing something else. Frank Outlaw in The Five “Watches” gives insight into why the habits you have or do not have are important: “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” Your destiny starts with your thoughts, that are formed from habits.
As you read Bible verse(s), the verse(s) hit you between the eyes and scream, “Take heed!” A good rule of thumb in getting down to what you should do, or not do, is summarized in 1 Corinthians 10:31, “Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you so, do all to the glory of God.” In selecting a habit, determine if that habit will draw you closer to Jesus, or put distance between Him and you.
Your earthly pilgrimage is one journey of breaking certain ungodly habits and replacing them with Godly habits. As Frank Outlaw said, the road to healthy habits that leads to a heavenly destiny, all begins with right thinking.
Let God’s Word shape your thinking into the breaking of certain habits and making new ones. Let’s start today!
