Elul Day 18 - Self-Control
Without self-control, who would you be? How would you behave and handle life?
Everyone needs self-control, and it doesn't come without discipline in any area of life.
- We need it to communicate with kindness when we feel like exploding.
- We need it to stay healthy — even when chocolate calls our name.
- We need it to save money or give generously instead of spending impulsively.
- We need it to delay short-term gratification and pursue long-term good.
Self-control is really just being responsible and propelling ourselves — and others — toward good.
Poor choices made in haste lead to regret. But self-control leads to difficult goals and deep satisfaction.
We are competing for an eternal prize! Self-control is the fuel that gets us there.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
'Everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.'
Today: Let self-control be your strength. Let it shape your choices, your words, and your witness.
