NCC Daily

We’ve talked about six habits—Flip the Script, Kiss the Wave, Eat the Frog, Fly the Kite, Cut the Rope, and Wind the Clock. It’s time to unpack habit #7, Seed The Clouds.

It’s time for us to wind the clock, habit #6. Time is measured in minutes, but life is measured in moments. We’ve got to steward the minutes and the moments. If we don’t, the days are long and the years are short. The question, of course, is how? It starts with living in day-tight compartments. It’s living each day like it’s the first day and last day of your life. It’s making every day count by counting the days.

We’ve talked about burying dead yesterdays. You have to flip the script and kiss the wave. We’ve talked about winning the day. You have to eat the frog and fly the kite. It’s time to imagine unborn tomorrows.

We switch gears and shift our focus to habit #4, fly the kite. We are so easily overwhelmed by the size and scope of our goals. Go ahead and dream big, but you have to start small.

We have been kissing the wave, habit #3. It’s time to eat the frog, habit #4. If you want God to do the super, you have to do the natural. This is where we roll up our sleeves and go to work. You’ve got to pray like it depends on God, but you also have to work like it depends on you.

“I have learned to kiss the wave,” said Charles Spurgeon, “that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” Let that sink in for a second. It’s a powerful statement all by itself, but let’s be honest, it’s a lot easier said than done. Lots of waves crashing into our lives — waves of grief, waves of injustice, waves of anger, waves of pain and suffering.

We left off last week talking about method acting. Let me push that envelope with a simple thought that can flip the script. Here it is: Scripture is our script.

Pick a habit, any habit. Do it for a day. Then add resistance. One more mile, one more minute, one more rep. The way you push your limits is by setting stretch goals. Increase the incline on the treadmill or the resistance on your Peloton. Graduate from one gratitude to two gratitudes a day. Do your deep breathing exercises morning, noon, and night. Double down on your giving with a double tithe. Over time, your ceiling will become the floor!

The challenge on day one was pick a habit, any habit. The challenge on day two is pretty simple: do it for a day!

I have no idea what goal you’re going after, what problem you’re trying to solve, what habit you’re trying to break or build, but I know the secret to your success. It’s gonna happen one day at a time! You have to win the day. Then you have to get up and do it all over again the next day. Do that two days in a row, and I think it’s called a winning streak.