DISCIPLINE YOURSELF | Discipline Is Power - Inspirational & Motivational Video

If we're going to do anything great in this life, it is going to require discipline. That's the truth. If you are going to accomplish anything extraordinary with the days the Lord has trusted to you on this planet, it is going to require you pushing through the discomfort and embracing the grind. Discipline is your best friend. It will take care of you like nothing else can. And it will put you on that path. The path to strength and health and intelligence and happiness. And most importantly, it will put you on that path to freedom. Do we make excuses to get out of discipline? I can't go to work today because I'm hitting snooze because I can't spend time with God this morning. I'll do it later, I'll do it this evening, I'll do it before I go to bed. Or are we busy but lack something to show for the busyness? And the enemy, he'll convince you of that so that you never produce anything great with your life. I think that the ultimate goal of the enemy is that he would just keep you in a place of doing nothing great for the kingdom, nothing great with your life, not living your purpose. And this is where a lot of us get in trouble in life in general. We want growth, we do, but we have very little patience for it. And so a week or two weeks or a month into it, we don't see the results that we were hoping for and we give up. But the Bible says in Galatians, don't grow weary in doing good because at the right time you'll reap a harvest if you don't give up. You stick with it. Little habits one day at a time. And that's what discipline is. Discipline means taking the hard road, the uphill road to do what's right. Harry Truman said this, in reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first. And I don't believe that any person can do anything great just because they have natural talent, not just because they want to. Until you first can manage yourself, you're not going to be able to manage anything or anyone else very well. Small, consistent actions or changes over time can lead to significant and exponential results. And those who understand and embrace this principle understand that I may not be able to change my destination overnight, but I can change my direction. Greatness is the accumulation of small choices and small decisions that are made every single day. Faithfulness looks like discipline. It's being disciplined in the small things. Going to bed early, getting up early, drinking the water you're supposed to drink, eating the food you're supposed to eat. Not trying to find a way out of the hard work, but finding a way to bring more to the hard work than anyone else expected of you. If someone has to ask you to do the small things, you're not going to be ready when the big moment comes. When you are faithful in the small things, when you pay attention to the details, when you have the daily disciplines necessary to succeed in the long term, what happens is you end up creating internal structures for success. You develop a resilience because that faithfulness, being faithful in the small things, prepares you for the great opportunities. So the issue is this. Where does discipline fit in your life? Because discipline does determine your destiny. When a person lives a disciplined life, you're going to be able to look your best, do your best, be your best, and reach the goals that God has set for you. One area of discipline is to read the Word of God every day. Most anybody could do that if they chose to, if they recognize how very important it is. Now watch this. Whatever, listen, whatever you discipline your life about will determine the value you place on it. You don't place much value on a particular goal. You won't work hard at it. You won't discipline yourself. A little bit of discipline goes a long ways, but you have to start somewhere. And if you do not start somewhere, what happens is you just, you go through life aimlessly. If you're going to live a godly life, discipline is a vital part of that. What is discipline? Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. If you do not do something now about that which you want most, that will very likely become your greatest regret. I am choosing the pain of discipline over the pain of regret. Where are you headed in life? What do you want to accomplish? What kind of trail are you leaving? What kind of influence? What kind of impact? There are many people in life who don't have what they'd like to have because they're not disciplined enough to remove the things out of their life that drain their energy, their strength, their finances, their time. Discipline is absolutely essential if you're going to succeed at anything in life. There are some of you right here, right now, and you can't see it yet, but you're going to be incredibly successful. I'm going to believe that some of you are going to do the hard work of actually developing yourself to the place where you become the best in your world, and you're going to become a source of resources for so much good in the world and in the kingdom of God. And we can ask you a lot of questions, but the issue is this. What are you living for? What is your purpose for being alive and staying alive? Name me something that is of great value that it does not demand and require discipline in order to achieve it. It's a choice. Has nothing to do with age. Has nothing to do with talents and skills and abilities because some people have this skill, this ability, that talent, whatever it might be. It's where God has called you. What He wants you to do. What He has in mind for you, and I can tell you, He has the best in mind. But you and I have to practice discipline. What are you willing to do the hard work of? Because if you don't know what you're trying to accomplish, I promise you, it will never happen. What are you trying to accomplish and achieve with your life? Make it significant. Now, you say, well, how do you start being disciplined? Real simple. You decide today that beginning today, I'm going to read a portion of the Word of God every day. Is there anybody here who could not do that? Right. Every single one of us can read the Bible every day. That's going to teach me discipline. I'm going to start with that. Second thing I'm going to do is I'm going to pray and talk to God every day. That's two steps I can take to becoming, listen, disciplined.