Just do it!

I struggle with motivation.  I know what I need to do -- I just have a hard time making myself do it.

When I started this blog, I set a goal.  So far I've been able to meet it.  I wish I had as much discipline in other areas.  Specifically I wish I was more disciplined in my spiritual life.  

My Bible study group meets on Wednesday evenings.  The studies we use are broken down into five parts.  Ideally I would begin each study on Thursday and have plenty of time, with even a day off, to complete the entire lesson by the following Wednesday.  In reality, I begin the study Tuesday evening, sometimes even Wednesday morning.  The result?  I end up rushing to finish the lesson.

Inevitably as I work through the lesson I find myself wishing that I had more time to spend on a specific question.  Consequently I feel aggravated with myself because I know that if I hadn't waited until the last minute, I would have had more than enough time to explore the questions in depth instead of hurriedly writing down an answer that barely scratches the surface.

Why is it so easy for me to settle in at the computer and spend two hours (minimum) checking out facebook and blogs but so hard for me to set aside an hour (or less) each day to work through a passage of scripture?  Why do I give the transitory things of this world first place while I relegate the eternal Word of God to an afterthought?

There have been several times when I didn't want to work on a blog post, but then I thought about my goal and I made myself post.  I need to take that same attitude and apply it to Bible study.

If I wait until I feel like doing the lesson, I will always find something else that I feel like doing more.  I need to set my desires aside -- I need to set me aside -- and choose to make God and the things of God first.

So I'm putting it out here for everyone to see -- I will not leave my Bible study to the last minute; I will not wait until I feel like opening my Bible and the lesson book.  Instead I will strive to work through the five days of the lesson on five separate days and I will consciously set aside time daily to read and study the scripture passage.

So, I know what I need to do . . . now all that's left is to take a tip from Nike and "Just do it."