The Best Lesson I Ever Learned

I was thinking today, and I remembered alesson that my Dad taught me when I was learning how to snowboard. It was in regard to not running into things. The basic concept is this: if you focus on the thing you're trying not to run into, you'll hesitate and crash. However, if you choose an alternate path and stick with it, you will avoid whatever you were going to crash into. If you focus on not crashing, then you'll surely crash, but if you instead focus on keeping going, you'll succeed.

Doesn't it seem kind of lame that the best lesson I ever learned was a snowboarding lesson? I thought so. But then I realized that this concept can be applied to any goal in life. It can be applied to stop us from sinning. If you want to avoid some sinful behavior, when temptation comes, don't just sit there and fight it. You'll lose every time. Instead, actively fight it. Recite a relevent bible verse. Pray. Sing your favorite worship song. It is much harder to sin when you remember that God is on your side and will be very dissappointed if you fail. If you are doing something about it, the temptation will go away.