When we approach the Christian life we usually see it in terms of big decisions, big actions, and big life change. There are times we make big decisions, such as when to have kids, what job to take, or where to live...but on the whole, life is about the little decisions, and growing closer to God and being faithful to him is directly tied to those little decisions.
A heroin addict doesn't get to that point over night, it happens after an extended period of time, making little decision after little decisions...eventually getting to the point of addiction. An athlete doesn't just think his skill will be there for the big game. No, the athlete runs, trains, practices...and those little decisions make him succeed. Why would our Christian life be different? The little decisions we make take us down a path, for good or for bad, and prepare our hearts for life's challenges. It's the decicions to be diciplined to read our Bibles, the decision to help your neighbor, the decision to talk with a friend about Jesus, the diccision to not let your anger fester. All your decisons take you somewhere, the question is, where?
Horatius Bonar challenges us in this saying: "Let us be on our guard against old self in every form, whether it be indolence, or temper, or coldness, or rudeness, or disobligingness, or slovenliness, or shabbiness, or covetousness, or flippancy, or self-conceit, or pride, or cunning, or obstinacy, or sourness, or levity, or foolishness, or love of preeminence. Let us cultivate a tender conscience, avoiding old notions and conceits; yet watching against the commission of little sins, and the omission of little duties; redeeming the time, yet never in a hurry; calm, cheerful, frank, happy, genial, generous, disinterested, thoughtful of others"
Think about your daily littles. What do they say about you? Where do they take you? Where do you fall short of obeying Christ?
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