Practice…Practicing something typically makes one
better. If you put the time and effort
in results will be noticed. I would
guess that most people have stories about how the practice put in paid off in the
end. There are those stories shared
about people making it “big” because of all the practice despite the lack of
resources. Practice is a great way to
improve.
What if practice wasn’t such a great thing? What if one practices certain things and the
practice makes them become better but the attribute they are becoming better at
isn’t good? Take for instance
lying. To become a good liar one needs
to practice, which means the person is being untruthful with others as well as
themselves. The attribute being practiced
doesn’t lend itself to a good outcome.
The practice of lying is not a great way to improve; it actually
destroys.
When looking through scripture to see what was said about
“practice” there were some fairly tough words given. 1 John 3:7-8 states, “Whoever practices
righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Whoever makes practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has
been sinning from the beginning. The
reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” Those words put a whole need meaning to the word
practice!
If we practice the ways of the world we become pretty good
at being “ok” with whatever the world says is ok. It is easier to set aside what scripture says
and do what we want. If we practice the
ways of God we become closer to our Savior. We learn to lean on Him, trust Him, and
believe that His word is Truth. We have
a God that gave us His Son to destroy the works of the devil and because Christ
was victorious our eternity is secure!
Cheryl
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