A PERSONAL RECORD (PR)

They don't come easily.

I am sure weather, shoes, weight, diet, music, and rest contribute to a personal record, but it is impossible without commitment and consistency.

Usually, a PR comes when you are faster than a previous run by a few seconds. You pat yourself on the back and keep working. However, when you compare your PR to a previous run (3, 6, or 12 months earlier), there is a HUGE difference!

How did I achieve a PR this morning?

• Getting up when I did not feel like it.
• Going when it was freezing, windy, humid, or wet.
• Setting a goal and keeping it.
• Being consistent.
• Recording along the way.

Surprisingly (or not), my Christian walk is the same way.

It requires more than attending church once or twice weekly 

and hoping for transformation.

How will it happen?

• Studying the Bible daily when you do not feel. like it (and doing what it says).
• Setting spiritual goals of giving, serving, and sharing (and keeping them).
• Being more consistent in spiritual pursuits than worldly ones.
• Recording and telling what God is doing in my life TODAY!
• Being accountable to other followers of Christ.

"I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you were called." (Ephesians 4:1)

I pray that through commitment and consistency, 

in cooperation with the Holy Spirit abiding in me, 

I will be more like Jesus today than I was before, 

walking in a manner worthy of my calling.

What about you?

What are you going to do about it?