This morning when my alarm went off, it was all I could do to get moving. I turned it off, threw the covers back, but decided to lay there a bit. Bad call as I woke up 15 minutes later. I thought to myself, “I don’t want to get up. I’m tired. I don’t “have” to get up yet.” I could have covered back up and went to sleep, but I knew that wasn’t the right decision.
I rolled out of bed onto my feet and made my way into the living room where my wife was waiting on me. “Where’s Isaiah?” I asked. “Still getting ready.” My wife responded. I went to his room where he was slowly getting his clothes on for the day. “I know you’re tired buddy, but we need to do our devotional before you go to school.” He mumbled, but speed up getting ready. We made the switch to do our devotionals in the morning after my son said he was forgetting them overnight. It causes us all to get up a bit earlier, but he remembers the devotional throughout the day.
I always try to be honest, and that’s the heart of this next statement: I’m not a morning person, and sometimes it really hard to get up when I don’t “have to.” My next thing on my to do list didn’t happen until after 10:00 am. 6:00 am was much earlier than that. I could have rolled back over. I could have chosen not to do the devotional. I could have stuck with “I’m tired” and let it all go. But that would not have reaped a greater reward. That would not have taught my son the importance of a daily time with God. That would not have shown my wife the devotion I have toward being a Godly husband and leading our family.
Sometimes we have to choose what is hard or what we don’t want to do so we can reap the rewards God has for us.
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. – Romans 12:1,2 HCSB
In Christ,
jon walton
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