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Proverbs chapter 5, verse 23,

He dies for lack of discipline,

and because of his great folly, he is led astray.

As I read that verse, I think about my own life, discipline. Like there have been times in my life,

seasons in my life, even in my life as a pastor, where I have lacked discipline. Discipline in seeking God, discipline in his word,

in prayer, in spiritual disciplines of study and meditation and fasting. And when I have lacked discipline, it has had a disastrous effect on not just my life,

my relationship with God, but others around me. Discipline is so important. Not a rigid, obligatory,

dutiful discipline. Like, okay, I must be rigid in having this amount of time in prayer and this

amount of time in the word and this amount of time and this or that because I have to but instead a disciplined pursuit of God because I want to

and oh I want that in my life you look at all these proverbs this exhortation after

exhortation to seek wisdom,

to keep your path, keep your feet walking in the path of God, trusting in the Lord,

acknowledging him in all your ways, avoiding evil, all of that requires discipline.

Like that doesn't happen accidentally.

That's intentionality.

And it's not discipline because we have to.

It's discipline because we want to.

We don't want to wander into evil.

We don't want to wander away from God.

We don't want to live foolish lives.

We don't want to be caught in the snare like we see in Proverbs 5, this warning against

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