Sometimes You Have To Do Things You Don't Want To Do...

I dislike going to the dentist; it is really not my favorite pastime and while I don’t dread going to the dentist, I can think of so many other wonderful places I would like to be like Virginia Beach, VA (see photo above) but as you and I know that if we want to keep a healthy mouth, we have to go and visit the dentist at least twice a year, right?

So why am I telling you this? Because it hit me that sometimes the very thing we need to do is the very thing we don’t want to do.  Praying used to be that thing for me; I did not want to pray.  I knew I needed to pray, but I didn’t really want to pray.  I would do what I needed and say what I needed just to say that I prayed but there was no power in my prayers at all.  It was not until I got serious about my relationship with God, did prayer become a more serious tool for me.  The same is true for anything we do – from going to the dentist, to taking out the garbage, to reading the bible – if you don’t fully understand the WHY in why we are doing a thing we may do it the wrong attitude.   But when we receive a revelation on the WHY, we should have more of an incentive to do it. 

Let me give you an example, I used to dislike exercise but now I do it more frequently because I understand the WHY.  The why in exercise for me is making sure that my 40 year-old body is healthier than my 20 year-old body was.  And the more I do it, the better I feel which makes me want to do it more and more.  The same is true for prayer, reading the Word, etc.  When you are doing a task for the right reasons, I believe that there will come a point where it is no longer routine, but rather something you look forward to.  The more we pray, worship and read God’s word, the more we connect with Him and the more we connect to Him (the source), the better we will feel even in the midst of the storms of life.

So, let me ask you my friend, what are you not doing because you don’t want to? Is it reading the Word? Is it praying for someone you love to do better?  Is it calling the sick and afflicted to check in on them? Is it simply listening to God and obeying Him? Whatever it is – find they why and make an effort to do it.  We all struggle with what we want to do vs. what we should do, but sometimes what we want to do is not always the most prudent path; sometimes we have to take the road less traveled and do the thing we need to do to get the results we need.

Peace & Blessings,
Liela

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