Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church
Do The Hard Things
[I am the Lion]
Proverbs 3:11-12
"My child, don't reject the Lord's discipline, and don't be upset when He corrects you. For the Lord corrects those He loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights."
Be willing to move on to the next step.
Tool : Embracing discomfort
Resist the urge to resist discomfort.
Do not despise - don't go with your natural inclination.
Just because something is unpleasant doesn't mean it's unprofitable.
Being hard doesn't automatically make it bad.
God's discipline is profitable
1. Proof He loves you
2. It leads to a desirable outcome
You want to be disciplined in habits, body, mind, money, etc.
Deep down we respect the results of discipline.
But how do you get disciplined? By being disciplined!
In relationships there are things that are uncomfortable.
Triggers that are uncomfortable :
confrontation, conflict, correction, criticism
difficult conversations
vulnerability
being caught off guard, shame guilt
things not going our way
How are you being held back from where God wants you to go?
1. The reward of avoiding pain is remaining the same.
If you want to grow, and be a blessing to others, then you have to embrace discomfort.
"Western culture has things a little backwards right now. We think that if we had every comfort available to us, we'd be happy. We equate comfort with happiness. And now we're so comfortable we're miserable. There's no struggle in our lives. No sense of adventure. We get in a car, we get in an elevator, it all comes easy. What I've found is that I'm never more alive than when I'm pushing and I'm in pain, and I'm struggling for high achievement, and in that struggle I think there's magic." Dean Karnazes
Proverbs 20:30 "Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, as do stripes the inner depths of the heart."
2. Comfort zones don't keep your life safe, they keep your life small.
You can't get strong without being sore.
Die Empty by Todd Henry
7 deadly sins of mediocrity - antidote
aimlessness - define your battles
boredom - be fiercely curious
comfort - step out of your comfort zone
delusion - know yourself
ego - be confidently adaptable
fear - find your voice
guardedness - stay connected
Mark Twain "Eat a live frog first thing every morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."
Brian Tracy book Eat That Frog
3. The real pain is in the anticipation
Procrastination is what's making it worse.
4. Move toward, into, and through whatever you feel like avoiding.
Two possible outcomes :
it kills you
OR
it doesn't last as long, and brings transformation
Nothing can sneak up on you that you're chasing down.
Hebrews 12:11-12
Strengthen!
If you handle correction well, your reward is more correction.
Run toward what you want to run from.
5. Your thoughts and words shape your reality.
Excuses will pop up like crazy.
Proverbs 22:13 Lazy guy - "there's a lion in the streets." He came up with an unrealistic excuse.
"He that is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else." Benjamin Franklin
Proverbs 28:1 the righteous is as bold as a lion!
Because I know my identity in Christ, I can say, I AM THAT LION!
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