What do your habits look like, both good and bad? Do you make it a point to smile at others when they walk by? Do you bite your fingernails?
Habits contribute to our Godly character. Knowing this, I want to make sure I am developing good character that others around me can expect. This means I have to make changes in the faulty habits. Joyce Meyers says “Habits are formed by discipline or lack of discipline.”
For example, if I am not careful in the way that I choose to eat I can quickly form the habit of eating whatever I want, whenever I want. I have diligently worked on the habit of becoming a healthy eater. Lately, however, I have found myself slipping back into the habit of being “less careful.”
As a woman who has struggled with food addiction all of my life, this is not a habit I want to be known for. It is easy for me to turn one chocolate chip cookie into twelve in an instant. It is easy for me to dart to the refrigerator when my emotions are high. These are the moments I need to run into the arms of God and His Word the most.
Romans 5:3-5 says We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
God has given each of us exactly what we need to break those bad habits and form Godly habits, which in turn build our character. We have the hope and the perseverance. Now we need to them into action.
What old habits do you need to change? What new habits do you want to form?
