It is day seven of week two of the Counting of the
Omer. We have at last reached the end of
the week on discipline. Now what on
earth could mature discipline mean?
Well, it really is pretty simple.
Mature discipline is reaching a place of owning it. It is a place of understanding that YOU are
responsible for where you are and where you are headed and IF you are going to
change it is up to you. You cannot sit
back on your duff and do nothing waiting for God to change you. It does not work that way.
Unfortunately many people believe that is the way spiritual
change takes place. They know there is
some kind of “sin” in their life and they pray and pray for “God to take it
away” and keep on doing the very thing they are asking God to take away. Teshuva – repentance, means to make an
about-face and go in the opposite direction.
Decide in your heart you want to change, turn 180 degrees then walk in
the opposite direction AWAY from the thing you want to change from and LEAVE
THAT THING BEHIND!!!! For heaven’s sake
DON’T walk back toward it!!!
On the day of Your accounting before HASHEM, He will not
accept an answer from you such as; “I just couldn’t change, you see I was a
victim of an abusive home,” or “I had an alcoholic father,” or “I thought you
were going to take it away from me Lord, but I guess whatever didn’t kill me
was to make me stronger, right, God?” He
is going to ask you what YOU did to change!
HASHEM has given you His Torah and His Ruach Ha Kodesh so you will know how to
change, how to discipline yourself. Now,
are you going to own it? Are you a
mature adult or, in the words of Paul, do we need to heat a bottle of milk for
you?
Tomorrow we start a new week in the Counting, are you
ready? Shalom!
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