What are you practicing?  It’s been said more times than anyone can count, “Practice makes perfect.”  If this is true, then what we practice can either make us or break us.

While eating lunch with a friend, I was asked if I always ate in that manner.  Baffled, I asked what she meant.  “Do you always eat so properly?  You’re at home, you can relax,” she answered.  Still a bit perplexed, I responded, “Yes, I always eat this way, even when I’m alone.  If I practice eating this way on a regular basis, it becomes a habit, and then a way of life.  I don’t have to think about which fork to use or anything else when in a formal setting.  It’s all ‘normal’ to me.  It’s automatic.”

So, what are you practicing in your spiritual walk?  Do you have to ‘catch’ yourself when you are with a certain group of friends to make sure those more colorful words don’t come out your mouth?  Do you have to remind yourself about the TV shows you watch or the movies you go to with one group versus another group of people?

Do you practice giving a soft answer so that when the hard questions and comments come, it is automatic for you to respond with a soft answer?  Do you practice having a quiet time with God each day, praying and reading your Bible or do you have to dust off rour Bible when company comes.  Do you practice thanking God for His goodness each day or do you stumble and stutter when asked to bless the food.

What do you practice?  What are you trying to perfect?  My goal is to live a life that is pleasing to God, a life that is Christ-centered.  Do you desire to live a life that demonstrates right living and thinking?  If so, then that’s what you should be practicing.  If you practice Godliness when you’re all alone, when you get before others, you won’t have to scramble to figure out what to do.  Simple conduct yourself the way you’ve been practicing.

What are you practicing, today?