Aspiring to Self Discipline

Aspiring to Self Discipline

One of the most important parts of parenting is to teach your children to be self-disciplined, law-abiding adults. No one is exempt from that responsibility. Every one of us must exercise self-control over our thoughts, words and deeds.

Even Jesus was subject to obedience and self-discipline. In order to do what God called him to do, he had to obey and exercise self-discipline. Otherwise, He would not have died for our sins. Jesus was in full control of His crucifixion and obedient to His Father in the process of going through this horrible and humiliating death.

In Hebrews 12:1-17, we see the importance of obedience and self-discipline. As Jesus persevered in obeying God, the Father, even to the point of death on the cross, we are to be likewise obedient to what God has called and gifted us to do.

As children of God, we must endure discipline, painful as it may sometimes be, so that we may become mature followers of Christ. None of us have resisted sin to the point of shedding our own blood. None of us in the United States have had to put our faith on the line at the risk of death if we are discovered. The same can’t be said for Christians in other countries, especially in Egypt.

Discipline may be hard, but it motivates us to spend time and energy to be obedient and become mature followers of Christ. If we consider the discipline for our spiritual, mental and physical benefit then much good will come out of it. We know it is because God, our Father, loves us and wants to bring us to maturity in Christ.

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