I Was Thinking...About Habits

 January 3, 2023

 

I was thinking…about what a creature of habits actually is and what actually constitutes as a habit.  With thinking about habits I had to look up a definition of habit.  a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order or congregation. "nuns in long brown habits, black veils, and sandals".

 

Well that was not the definition I was looking for.  Let’s try this one, “ settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. "we stayed together out of habit" So then is it a habit to get out of bed?  Is it a habit to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner?  These are things that we do every day and honestly it is hard to give it up because if we do we die.  So you may be asking the question, “Well Charlie, so are habits bad?”  That’s a great question and I’ll answer that with Romans 6:15-16 “What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?”

 

I don’t know about you, but if I am going to be a slave to any habit or anything I want to be a slave and have a habit that leads to righteousness!  Getting up, eating, sleeping, etc. is what do, honestly I believe its like breathing.  Breathing, is being something we just do and don’t have to think about doing.

 

I believe that habits on the other hand are something that we focus on, something that is either important to us or that we have been hooked by. This is where we can get into trouble because sometimes those habits can be bad, even habits that are not necessarily bad can become bad because it takes our focus from God and what God wants for us.

 

So the question for you is this, what kind of habits will you develop?  Will you get rid of the bad habits and develop good ones.  Ones that will lead you down the path of righteousness?  Seek God and God’s way.