Great Habits Create a Great You

This time of year lends itself to people refreshing their goals and starting new – kind of like a second chance. At the end of each year, people get excited about their future and begin searching the web for the secrets of planning, organization, and making goals. The only caveat to planning for the new year is that often people make goals but are unable to reach them. Why is that? Is it because they’re lazy? Is it because they don’t genuinely care? I don’t believe those are the correct answers to the dilemma. The word of God tells us, “Without a vision, the people have no discipline.” Proverbs 29:18 Only when a person can see themselves as successful will their life produce the success they want.

One of the best ways to begin to see yourself as a success is to create very small habits in the right direction. If you can be consistent with a small habit, it will cause you and that habit to become one. The more votes you get in the right direction, the more you will identify yourself as a person of your chosen habit. For example, if you want to begin a habit of working out at the gym, only allow yourself to spend 10 minutes each time you go to the gym. The more you are consistent with that easy habit, the more you will identify yourself as a person of that habit. This is why it is so important not to start out doing too much. You can always upgrade and increase your time, but first, you must establish your identity as one who consistently goes to the gym. When people begin working out at the gym, they often work out so hard and so long that they start to dread the next time they have to go. This will never create a positive lifestyle. Being at the gym consistently and doing a little is far more beneficial than doing a whole bunch at the beginning but quitting.

Listen to Jesus’ words. “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’” Matthew 25:23

Internal inspiration is the motivation that causes external acceleration. If you can see it on the inside, it will propel you to achieve it on the outside. This is why daily prayer and meditation in God’s truth are so essential! Choosing to create habits that become your lifestyle will determine how much external acceleration you experience! It all comes down to who you see yourself as – your identity! Mike Murdock says that the secret to your future is hidden within your daily routine.

Are you consistent with your exercise and health habits? Do you consistently meditate on God’s word and spend time communing with him? Consistent steps in the right direction are life-changing because…

Great Habits Create a Great You