If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful… —2 Peter 1:8

When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we quickly pass through as we grow spiritually. If we stop at this stage, we will develop a sense of spiritual pride. The right thing to do with godly habits is to immerse them in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. Our spiritual life continually causes us to focus our attention inwardly for the determined purpose of self-examination, because each of us has some qualities we have not yet added to our lives.

Your god may be your little Christian habit— the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, “I can’t do that right now; this is my time alone with God.” No, this is your time alone with your habit. There is a quality that is still lacking in you. Identify your shortcoming and then look for opportunities to work into your life that missing quality.

Love means that there are no visible habits— that your habits are so immersed in the Lord that you practice them without realizing it. If you are consciously aware of your own holiness, you place limitations on yourself from doing certain things— things God is not restricting you from at all. This means there is a missing quality that needs to be added to your life. The only supernatural life is the life the Lord Jesus lived, and He was at home with God anywhere. Is there someplace where you are not at home with God? Then allow God to work through whatever that particular circumstance may be until you increase in Him, adding His qualities. Your life will then become the simple life of a child.

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Journal DJR
Good Morning Lord, We’ve been told to “form good habits” and they will serve us well…. or bad habits and we will have to serve them. This seems right but Chambers adds the caution to not worship our habits. They are obviously not you, the only object worthy of our worship. Actually they seem like tools in the tool box. Which we can learn to use, but then we need to get on with our mission… which we get from you.

You will do well to practice a Master Habit and let everything else flow from that….

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33

When you seek me first, I will guide you in the habits to form and the habits to let go of. Also how tightly to hold a habit. When you surrender everything to me, including your habits my Spirit can guide you into all truth.

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. John 16:13

When you seek me first and hold your habits in an open palm, you will become a sweet aroma and seasoning in the lives of those I send you to. If you worship your habits, you will become hard and cause divisions. So, seek me first, stay curious, and plan on surrendering everything, and follow my lead. It’s an exciting way to live. And the indicator will not be things or circumstances, but that you experience the Peace that passes understanding.

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