Habits are hard to break.
Once we settle into a habitual pattern of behavior it is as if that
pattern takes control of us. We would like to think we are still choosing the
behavior but any attempt to stop the behavior lets us know that something has
settled in and we are now tied to the behavior.
What has “settled in” is not the habit but the power of a
starting point. As humans we were meant
to live with God as our starting point.
We were created to begin each day settled into God.
When Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of God and
evil they opened the door to hundreds of potential starting points. The history of humanity is the sad story of
the failure of all of these starting points apart from God. They just do not start and sustain life.
When Jesus called His first disciples to follow Him, He was
offering Himself as the new starting point for humanity. He was calling us to break the old habit of
starting at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and begin again to start
in God.
There is a direct link between the quality of our life and
what we choose as our starting point.
There is a direct link between Jesus and life because He is the tree of
life-the starting point.
Start each day with words that establish Jesus as your
starting point. Even before you get out
of bed say “Jesus, you are welcome here
in me!” Let Jesus become the habit you
do not want to break. He is life!
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