Self-Controlled

I went to bed last night planning to get up early and ride for 6 miles or so. After hitting the snooze twice, (which I normally don’t do) I realized that my body didn’t feel like riding. So I opted for my coffee first thing while I try to wake up my mind. After my reading in Titus, I realize that I had let my body be in control instead of me telling my body what it was going to do. This happens way too often. I eat too much some times because my body says, “more, more, more”.  I must continue to fight the battle to be self-controlled. I must let my head tell my body what it will do and what it won’t do. My head needs to control the urges of my body – this is at the heart of self-control. Paul is instructing the young pastor, Titus about this subject. Check this out…

I think for as long as I live, I will have to work at self-control. I realize that I’m the one responsible for what I do and say. I can’t say, “the devil made me do it”. I have choices every day and sometimes they are good and sometimes they are not so good.  When I’m self-controlled, I can pursue the heart of God with relentless passion and drive. When I’m self-controlled, my life as a whole has order and rhythm that is right. Self-control also recaptures the proper perspective on many areas of life. Self-control can be accomplished with the Lord’s help and when I’m practicing self-control, He has a lot more room to work in me.