Self-Control

Few habits test us like self-control. Without lapses of self-control, many pivotal Bible narratives would not exist: Adam and Eve eating forbidden fruit; David demanding Bathsheba’s participation in adultery – a rooftop gaze led to a kingdom-wide catastrophe; Peter, denying he knows Christ by the fire. By definition, self-control means that we must go against our impulses or feelings in order to attain a higher goal…it applies to controlling all desires including greed, sex, food, emotions, the use of our time, and innumerable situations.

Craig Groeschel said, “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” Where is your biggest tug-of-war between what you want now and what you want most? What is your next step in developing the holy habit of self-control?

~ Jeff