If You Do ...

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten -- a long used expression, thought provoking, attention getting.  What are you getting in your life?  Out of life? Are you satisfied?  Are you getting what you want?  Are you healthy? Are you prospering? Do you have enough? More than enough? Less than enough? Are you enjoying life? Is your work rewarding? Is it satisfying? Is it meaningful? Do you have a good marriage? Are your children doing well? Overall, on a scale of 1-10, 10 high, how would you rate your life?

To all whose rating was less than 10, something's missing.  If something is missing, then something needs to change.  Are you ready and willing to make the changes necessary to obtain a different result? Remember -- if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.  It has been said that stupidity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.

So what does God say?  I'm glad you asked. Consider Colossians 3:23-24.  Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, ²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.  "Whatever" means what? "With all your heart" means what? Must you do everything as unto the Lord? Umm ... so stop doing what you've always done ... you'll stop getting what you've always gotten.