Discipline Even When Your Tired

Mark 1:35

“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (NKJV)

We need to take control of our own walks. Many people say “I’ll do it tomorrow”, but then that tomorrow never comes. Others say “I just am not feeling it today” and “I’ll do it when I feel ready”, but they never act in their faith because of their delaying. Faith is not feeling based, nor is it a school assignment that we procrastinate; it is action. For how do we know that someone has faith if they aren’t expressing it? Is that faith then even faith? One of the best ways to know how to live a life of faith is to look at what Jesus, God in flesh, did and learn through His example. In Mark 1 Jesus has been busy teaching and performing miracles until sunset. He must have been extraordinarily tired both physically from the journey and exhausted spiritually from all the pouring out. So when Jesus rose “a long while before daylight”  and prayed, I don’t think He “felt ready” and He most likely felt it would be easy to “do it tomorrow”; yet He didn’t. Jesus simply rises, goes to a quiet place alone and prays to God. We need to have this kind of discipline in our faith: the kind that is disciplined and steadfast, regardless of what happened yesterday and what will happen tomorrow. I have been learning a lot lately that our faith in Christ is lived out day by day. We don’t need to worry about tomorrow or regret yesterday; we just need to live out today for Christ in every moment. We need to everyday come to God in devotion and hear His voice to know the direction He wants to take us.

I am going to apply this verse by praying that God will show me His direction for me today.