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Life in the Word

Written by Joyce Meyer

"For we are recreated in Christ Jesus, (born anew) that we may do those good works which God predestined for us that we should walk in them (living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live)" (Eph. 2:10).

Everyone wants the good life; not everyone wants to live a disciplined and self-controlled lifestyle. Without discipline and self-control, we will never enjoy the good life that God has prepared for us.

To live a disciplined life we cannot do what we feel like doing. Discipline and self-control require denial of the flesh, but they lead to the good life, the kind of life in which we find peace, joy, power, and many other good things.

You and I don't have to live a disciplined life. God will still love us with or without discipline on our part. But if we want to live the good life He desires for us, we must choose discipline and self-control. Neither of these things is easy on the flesh, but the victory we enjoy is worth the suffering we must endure to obtain it.

Discipline is a choice, not a law. It is a tool we believers use to lead ourselves into victory.

I exhort you to be a disciplined person who operates in the fruit of self-control.

Do This: Practice self control in every area of your life. Discipline the flesh, then enjoy the good life that comes. It's a choice.

Excerpted from the book Life in the Word Devotional by Joyce Meyer
(Tulsa: Harrison House, 1998) All rights reserved. Used by permission.