What is the greatest commandment? Jesus said:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
How do we do this? Firstly, we can pray about purpose. We can spend a block of time daily praying about purpose and we can pray short prayers during the day about purpose.
Second, in my opinion, quitting involves prioritizing #1 your quitting verse, #2 your quitting prayer, then #3A alternating quitting activities with #3B Spiritual activities that move you toward purpose. Purpose means doing God’s will.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
When we run from sin and focus on God’s will, satan starts to lose some of his rights to attack us ruthlessly with temptation. When we run from God like Jonah did, satan has the right to toss him into the ocean and have a great white shark swallow him up.
Who goes to heaven?
Third, consider memorizing Matthew 7:21 (above) then reply to this question in one week.
Fourth, praying for a block of time daily about doing God’s will is vital for quitting. Why? Because, it is a huge part of being a Christian. It is one of the 5 most important things Jesus talked about in regards to who goes to heaven. It is who we are, better yet, who we will become. It gives us clarity about what we should be doing.
Fifth, if you do 100% of what you should be doing regarding doing God’s will, quitting is easy. Yeah… Probably none of us are part of the 100%, but my goal is to be part of that group. To work daily toward being part of that group.
Finally, if a person who is doing God’s will was told: You must give up praying for 60 minutes per day about God’s will, or you must give up every dollar that you have (All your money). That person would think: If I lose my money, that is bad, but if I lose my purpose, I lose my joy, my passion, peace, love, and many other things. Really, all my important things.
One huge difference between Biblical Paul and me is: Because he was so focused on doing God’s will, he had less time to sin. Because he was doing something great, he had less desire to sin.
Paul was in the top tier of people filled with joy. Because… he was focused on doing God’s will.
What goals will you have regarding doing God’s will?
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