Just Do It

Remember the old Nike slogan, "Just Do It". The marketing campaign was designed at encouraging people who just talked about getting fit to actually get off their couch (buy some Nike gear, of course) and just do it. To quit thinking and talking about starting a running program or joining a gym or participating in multiple other recreational and fitness pursuits and to just do it.

This idea to "just do it" is not a new concept. I was challenged this weekend as I again read a verse in the New Testament, James 1:22: "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says" (NIV).

Here's the Point: Scripture is often very clear. In life, many times we know what we should do. We just don't do it. We have knowledge but we don't live out what we know to be true. When we do this, we're just deceiving ourselves.