Considering sports again, I need to change. It's easy to say now that most sports are over for a while that I'll do better. I don't know how many times I've left from a game irritated with myself for my behavior, complaining about a call or getting mad about a play, something like that. I have come a long way from yelling at a referee to sitting on my hands and biting my tongue to keep quiet. But my heart still will rise up inside of me.
I have to battle my own will to change. Reading Idols of the Heart I was convicted in this area again. But according to Ephesians 4:22-24, I am a new creature, I can change my behavior. It's called sanctification.
It is a purposeful-
- putting off the old behavior
- changing attitudes to be in line with what's right
- and putting on the new behavior.
We'll see how much my heart has learned this Fall when basketball starts back...
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