Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

Several years ago, I dislocated my ankle and fractured my leg.  I had surgery to properly reset the ankle and the fractured bone.  Following surgery, I went through an extensive physical therapy program. 

Physical therapy provides a great metaphor for learning new things, obtaining new skills, or accomplishing many goals.  In simple terms, we get out of it what we put into it.  The ways that it is effective include:

· It’s self-produced.  We may work with a therapist, but the work is done by us, not to us.

· It’s gradual. We don’t get better after only one session.  “Line upon line, precept upon precept.”

· It requires our own effort to create the change we seek.

· It’s simple.  There’s no magic elixir, just directed, persistent effort.

· It takes effort. There’s no easy answer.

What are you trying to accomplish?  What do you want to learn? What skills do you wish to obtain? Would you like to learn more about the Bible? What about conducting a Bible study? Would you like to learn to teach a class?

There’s no better time to start than today.  It only takes a day to begin to change. Why waste it? “Precept upon precept…line upon line, here a little, there a little” Isaiah 28:13. Now it’s up to you to decide what it is you want to accomplish!