It's About Balance

“Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.” Timothy 2:22-26

“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5

If you have watched a gymnast perform a routine (floor exercise, parallel bars, balance beam, the rings, uneven bars, etc.), you have probably marveled at the individual’s dexterity, strength, coordination, skill, training, and concentration. But undergirding all those qualities is the basis for great performance - balance.

Our performance in the arena of life needs that same kind of basis. Not physical balance but a balance among and between:
- needs, wants, and desires
- occupation, home, and hobbies
- obligations and free time
- responsibilities and the urgent
- rest and exertion
- courage for battle and non-involvement
- godliness and self-will
- reality in Christ and a form of godliness

The strange thing about balance is that if you begin to concentrate on balance alone, you tend to lose it. When you lose your balance, you experience confusion and you fall. Balance is gained and maintained by a proper focal point. If your focal point is Jesus Christ and the Word of God, your balance will be restored, and you can be free to concentrate on your performance.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge...” Proverbs 1:7