TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015                  HIGHER EVERYDAY

DISCREET DISCIPLINE

"He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity." (Job 36:10).

A young man spent much of his summer holiday on a bicycle. About a mile from their house, the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Riding down the hill one morning, he felt his gathering speed to be exciting, and to give up this excitement by applying brakes seemed an absurd self-punishment. So, he decided to retain his speed and negotiate the corner at the same time. Unfortunately, he was thrown a dozen feet off the road into the woods. he was badly wounded, bleeding and his new bike was twisted beyond repairs.

  

Let God direct your life

       As you negotiate the curves and corners of your life, you must continually give up parts of yourself. Let God direct your life in order to achieve your goal. When you are right with God, you can be hard on yourself and easy on others. On the contrary, When you are not right with God, you tend to easy on yourself, and hard on others. Be right with God and avoid being notoriously careless.

Challenge: Indiscipline is self-destruction

Prayer: God, make me a disciplined youth

Further Reading: Romans 5:19

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015                                        HIGHER EVERYDAY


PERSEVERANCE

"Behold, we count them happy which endure, Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." (James 5:11).

                              Press on to the mark

Canadian hero Sir, Alexander Mackenzie's earlier attempt to find a water route to the Pacific in 1789 ended in a major disappointment. He had set out in an effort to find a water route to the Pacific following a mighty river, 'The Mackenzie,' with high hopes. Unfortunately, it didn't empty into the Pacific, but into the Arctic Ocean. However, he did not despair. He later accomplished the magnificent task by leading an incredible expedition to the Pacific ocean in 1793.

       Ask yourself what you would have written for your epitaph. Would it be, "Here lies one who meant well, who tried a little, and failed much?" Let your dying words not be, "So little done, so much to do." When you fall on your way to the mountain top, get up, shake off the dust and press on the mark. "The way to success is not very smooth."


Challenge: He achieves his goal who perseveres.               

Prayer: O Lord, help me never to up.

Further reading: Job 42:10