Full Armor of God Diet

In the workplace, employers often place an emphasis on continuous process improvement, always looking for better ways to do things. Have you heard about "Six Sigma"? This is an approach many businesses are implementing to create process improvement. "Six Sigma" is a discipline that strives for near perfection using a data-driven methodology for eliminating defects in any process.

Through the Six Sigma discipline, General Electric saved an estimated $10 billion during the first five years of implementation.

Obviously, in the workplace many of us are familiar with continuous improvement. What about continuous improvement in our spiritual lives? Is it important for us to accomplish continuous process improvement spiritually?

The apostle Paul also encouraged Christians to approach their Christian walk as a work in progress, but constantly improving, getting closer and closer to Jesus, as He works in us to perfect our characters.

"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come."
"Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress."
1 Timothy 4: 8 and 15

The Christian author EG White encourages us to adopt a "spirit of progress." In Testimonies for the Church, Volume 3, page 540: "We must guard continually against being fixed in our views, feelings, and actions. The work of God is onward...Energy, tempered with patience and ambition, and balanced by wisdom, is now needed by every Christian. Our motto should ever be, "Onward, higher," surely, steadily onward to duty and to victory."

In His own words, Jesus set the goal as perfection. (Not to worry though, because He will help us reach that goal.)
"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48.

Of course, perfection doesn't happen instantly, but in our Christian walk we should always be getting closer to Jesus and closer to His ideal for our lives. This applies to our health as well. We should always be improving, and moving "ever onward." When we fall down, we just need to get back up and keep moving forward.

Isn't it interesting that the term for Jesus followers is "disciple?"

Review the definition of discipline:
"Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement."

Even the name "disciple" carries with it the message that this person is all about process improvement!

I want to be a Six Sigma disciple for Jesus. I want to be disciplined about eliminating defects in my Christian character, with energy tempered with patience and ambition.