Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa. It deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead.
Interpretation
Discipline guides our actions based on principles instead of fleeting desires.
This quote emphasizes the significance of discipline in our lives, highlighting that it enables us to prioritize principles over momentary impulses. By exercising discipline, we gain mastery over our desires, allowing us to foster values such as truth, virtue, and integrity in our daily decisions.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-control and personal growth.
The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless... the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
Simplicity, patience, compassion._x000D_ _x000D_ These three are your greatest treasures._x000D_ _x000D_ Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being._x000D_ _x000D_ Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are._x000D_ _x000D_ Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
Fear represents our need to hang on to the riverbank, to control outcomes, results, our lives; it swims upstream. Truth is about releasing that hold, letting go of results, and trusting the direction of Life’s current.
For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to become completely absorbed, then the transformation will occur.
The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.
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