THE DISCIPLINED WILL GO FAR

As a young man, there was a time I had the opportunity to preach in my local church- “The Spirit took over”. I thought everyone must hear what I needed to say, and since people were being ministered to and some were falling under the anointing, the church needed to respect that. I used way more time than I was given. After the service, I was sternly warned never to do that again. That became a solid foundation for me to date. I would have lost many other opportunities if not for the training to be disciplined.

Discipline is doing what you ought to do when you ought to do it, so you can do what you want to do when you want to do it. Discipline is paying the price today for a great tomorrow. Discipline is the refusal to blow away the future even before you see it at all.

You must be disciplined with words. Your words are the building blocks for your life. You will live tomorrow in the words you speak today. You are living today in the words you spoke yesterday.

You must be disciplined with time. You must not be a time waster. Value time. Time flies, but be the pilot. Do not have a day without a plan. Time is the currency of life. Invest it wisely. Do not abuse it or misuse it.

You must be disciplined with money. A man who lacks financial discipline will die poor. Invest. Save. Be like the ants. Prepare for tough times. Do not spend it all.

“Wise people store up the best foods and olive oil. But a foolish person eats up everything he has.”

Proverbs 21:20 ICB

You must be disciplined in relating to the opposite sex. Do not joke with the warning of the mother of Lemuel!

“Don’t waste your strength on women. Don’t waste your time on those who ruin kings.”

Proverbs 31:3 ICB

Ask yourself, “In what area of my life do I need to exercise discipline?” Check well and build discipline. The area where you lack discipline can become the place of your downfall. Why? Whatever brought a man down followed him to the top!

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa