Getting up for it

Some mornings, don’t we wish we didn’t have to get up? Our beds are warm, we are comfortable and relaxed, and we are in a comfort zone. Yuck—the alarm goes off and we have to get up to start a new day, maybe one we really don’t want to face.

All throughout our lives we face situations where we have to “get up for it”. Those are those pesky times when we know we have to face it here and now, it’s something we can’t dodge. For example:

·         Knowing we’re going to have a confrontation with the wife over some bone-head thing we did, one perhaps done with good intentions, but it had unintended results.

·         Having to have “that” conversation with our young son whom we’ve noticed is experiencing that affliction which affects all young sons—“raging hormones.”

·         Having to meet with the boss on job review day when we know we have slacked off more times than we wished, and we know he has noticed it.

We don’t have a choice in those situations do we? We have to “get up for it”, just suck it up, then do it, and get it done with. They are involuntary, they must be done.

There are instances in our lives that are more voluntary on our part. Things like whether we’re going to go to church or not, whether we will be active in a men’s group, how strong of a spiritual leader we will be in our family, and how much time we take to be of help to someone(s) less fortunate than us.

How do we “get up” and stay up for those? They are all voluntary things we do by choice, unlike the necessity of facing that discussion with the wife. Anytime anything is done by choice and is voluntary, there is always an opportunity for laziness and apathy to get in the way.

If we look at all aspects of our spiritual life as a commitment, make that commitment, and continually be aware of that commitment, then it becomes a way of life, and we will find that there isn’t any “getting up for it” necessary. It becomes a way of life, a God honoring way of life.

Bottom Line Thought: Do you think that if you are leading a God honoring life that all those other things you may have to “get up” for will be much easier to deal with?