Living a Quiet and Disciplined Life
Seek ye the Lord, all
ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3 KJV
Many of the great
Christians of the past that God has used have lived a quiet and disciplined
life. They spent hours upon hours of their spare time studying and learning,
pushing themselves to learn new languages and acquire knowledge to achieve
their dream of knowing God more intimately and touch people with the Truth of
the Gospel. They didn’t run around partying or pursuing entertainment, instead,
they sweated, they worked, they pressed on toward a goal! Their lives where
worth something and they didn’t waste them away on excessive pleasures. Today,
many Christians struggle with befriending the world. They watch the same stuff,
play the same stuff, and live the same way that the unbelieving pagan does.
History and the Bible show us a different picture in the lifestyle of the great
heroes of the Faith, though. They were cupbearers, servants, archeologists, and
young men that had a God-given passion and dream and while the world was racing
by, wasting its time on the newest music, art, or other currently fashionable
entertainment, they lived a quiet and seemingly obscure life. They honored God,
respected others, and worked to achieve the things that God had put a passion
and desire in them to achieve. Dear Reader, where are you today? Are you
seeking that quiet and peaceable life? Or are you chasing the fast world of
change and shifting pleasures?