Everyone who competes in the games
goes into strict training.
—1 Corinthians 9:25
Self-discipline. Groan. Must I? Only if you want to win.
I don’t recall the testimony of any winner who didn’t include self-discipline as an ingredient that helped get them there.
- No athlete wins without it.
- No weight-loss program is maintained without it.
- No body is kept fit without it.
- No mind is sharpened without it.
- No book is written without it.
- No business succeeds without it.
- No temptation is overcome without it.
Paul fought, finished, and kept. He came to the end of his journey, saying: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7). Do you remember the verse which follows that one?
Talent is stillborn without self-discipline.