Outcomes vs Disciplines

I was reading this morning in Deuteronomy 7:22 "The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little...."  As I read that, my mind went directly to patience, expectations, and disciplines.  In our world today, just as when Moses faced many battles and challenges, God has the ability to deliver the end result at any point.  So the question comes to why?  Why doesn't God just fix it?  I am overweight, I am deep in debt, I am , I am, I am....  There is a common theme to so many of these situations.  One is that the focus is on I, and I am in this situation because of something bad. The second thing is that I want it fixed NOW. 

Many advisers would tell you today, the weight, debt, or whatever it is; is not the problem, those things are the result or outcome.  The problem is in the process before that outcome. The problem is discipline.  Yes, you can take another mortgage on your house to pay off your credit cards, but you still have debt.  You can take shots or drops or whatever you want to do, why, to get the quick result.  But at some point the drops and shots go away.  The challenge comes from your lack of discipline.  If you don't change your spending habits, or budgeting techniques, or eating habits, or exercise programs; your outcome will be the same in the future.   But often, the results are even worse.  The scripture tells us this about the quick fix, as the end of that verse goes into saying; "You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you."  Wild Animals?  Credit card companies, offers, deals, new foods, challenges, old habits, all of these will attack.. 

Today, we have to see where our disciplines are and refocus to get a different outcome.  If you want change, create change!  If you desire a stronger walk, then get up and walk more and dig deeper.  We can't experience the mountain tops without going through some major valleys.  Remember, the better the view, the higher the climb, the more challenging it becomes.  See from the Heavens!!