place of nathan.

Yesterday i posted about learning from my mistakes. Today i wanted to take that a step further.

I see my walk with Christ as a lot of small, mid-course corrections. I know where i’m trying to get to (be perfect, never sin, exactly as Jesus himself is), but i’m far from attaining that goal. Try as i might, i still mess up. But every time i mess up, i hopefully learn from my mistake and can take steps to correct. If I am being convicted of driving 60 mph in a 40 mph zone, the correction is to go 40. Even 59 is better than 60. Once i can go 59, maybe i could go 58…
Small corrections. A large correction is to go 40. That’s okay too, but in some instances, that may be impractical, or a big step–so 59 is better than 60. (i also might add here that going 20 in a 40 is just bull-headed and you’re going to tick off a TON of people and probably have a lot of people wave to you with one finger. (and yes, that was a joke, so lighten up!))
Small, constant, consistent course corrections. The problem comes when i refuse to make any adjustment at all–when i refuse to get better and only want to do 60. That is a problem. I’ll never attain my goal if i refuse to make adjustments to get closer to the goal.

So, rhetorical question: what small steps are you taking toward being more Christ-like today?

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