Spiritual Procrastination

I’ll share my faith with my friend…tomorrow.
I’ll start praying more regularly…tomorrow.
I’ll start reading my Bible…tomorrow.
I know God want me to _____, so I will…tomorrow.
I’ll quit doing ______…tomorrow.
I’ll choose to forgive…tomorrow.
I’ll choose joy, not anger…tomorrow.
I’ll choose to serve…tomorrow.
I’ll take charge of my spiritual growth…tomorrow.
Stop. Saying. Tomorrow.

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. – James 4:13-14

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Possibly the most dangerous word in the English language is Tomorrow. It implies that we have a choice to place would-be painful experiences into the uncontrollable abyss that we call the future. When we place our work, relationships, finances, and other responsibilities into the hands of tomorrow, we are failing to do the right things at the right time. God places these responsibilities in front of us so that we can act quickly and work diligently on them, and as a result, bringing glory to His name. As Christians, our problem is not that we don't know what is the right thing to do. In fact, we would probably never deliberately refuse to do the right thing if it was clearly presented to us. However, we put off what needs to be done today in hopes that the solution to our problem will manifest itself more comfortably down the road. The Bible teaches about spiritual procrastination in the areas of 1) habits, 2) work, 3) finances, and 4) joyful living. When we do not invest in these areas at the appropriate time, we are refusing to play our role in God's partnership with us.

 

Cuases of Spiritual Procrastination

• lack of understanding
• lack of enjoyment
• fear of failure
• lack of motivation
• too time consuming
• lack of faith

True Wisdom is to use Time Wisely  

• Deuteronomy 32:29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
  they would discern their latter end!
• Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

So in the matter of our spiritual life, we dare not procrastinate. It is also unwise to delay healing a broken relationship or dealing with anger. And since our service to God motivates all we do, we have no reason to procrastinate. In short, procrastination is a bad habit that can have eternal effects.Where in your life are you saving things for tomorrow?

Healthy Fear

The fear of the Lord is something that many Christians have a tough time with. After all, doesn't God want to be our comforter? How could someone we fear comfort us? Fearing God means having such a reverence for Him that it has a great impact on the way we live our lives. The fear of God is respecting Him, obeying Him, submitting to His discipline, and worshipping Him in awe.Believers are not to be scared of God. We have no reason to be scared of Him. We have His promise that nothing can separate us from His love. Some redefine the fear of God for believers to “respecting” Him. While respect is definitely included in the concept of fearing God, there is more to it than that. A biblical fear of God, for the believer, includes understanding how much God hates sin and fearing His judgment on sin—even in the life of a believer.This reverence and awe is exactly what the fear of God means for Christians. This is the motivating factor for us to surrender to the Creator of the Universe.

Proverbs 1:7 declares, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” Until we understand who God is and develop a reverential fear of Him, we cannot have true wisdom.

Notice that when you fear the LORD, you haven't arrived at where He ultimately wants you... you've only put yourself in a place from where God can take you the rest of the way. That's something we often forget. How many times have you been worshipping God, even crying for Him, and later thought to yourself that it's great to be where God wants you? But in a way, how would you know? I don't mean that God doesn't want us in church worshipping Him, just that whenever we show him that fear, that respectful awe, we are merely opening ourselves to being led away from where we are to where God wants us ultimately to be, one step at a time.

Something else to notice is that every result of fearing God requires some effort on our part. To continue in knowledge, wisdom, and life, we must continue to fear the LORD. We may have strong strong confidence, but we must still must choose to go into the refuge provided. We may be provided a fountain of life, but we must choose to drink of it. We may be provided instruction, but we must still choose to study. We may be given the ability to keep away from evil, but must choose to keep away from it.

So, now that we know the fear of the LORD, we can begin to delve into Proverbs, the book of Wisdom. I pray that Jesus give you (and me) the wisdom He wants us to have. Well, if we fear the LORD, then we at least have the beginning of it. 

The art of being yourself

Recently I have been able to talk to a few people I have never really know before. I dont mean like just normal chats I mean like deep heart to hearts. I have seen so much that people on the outside dont see. Thses people have so much potential.
At the age of 18, Im becoming so comfortable and excited about being myself. I am on the road of being redefined, restored and renewed through focusing on my strengths and weaknesses. I am ready to pursue the career that will truly make me happy and that will allow me to give back to world. I have developed inner strength to work on the things I did not like about myself, my career and the people in my life. Once I master the power of focus things will become much easier.
I want to live a balanced life that is full of purpose. We all can get so lost in our careers, family life and relationships that we lose ourselves. The art of being yourself is effortless, but very rewarding. You can be free to express yourself in ways you may use to be scared to visit. As I pursue becoming more comfortable with being myself, I pray that I remain humble, authentic and innovative

1. Learn to LOVE you. Study you and Sweat you!
2. Keep the focus on you and don’t worry about what others think of you.
3. Journal daily and meditate daily.

Why are so many people so uncomfortable with being themselves?

What methods or ways have you embraced that has allowed you to be more comfortable with being yourself?

Questioning

So I was driving my friend back from DQ tonight than all of a sudden out of left field he just blurts out I'm not doubting God but I question a lot about him. Now these are the conversations I love the ones that aren't planned or rehearsed so your on the spot. My first reaction was I was in shocked. This guy is not even about sharing any type of emotion, so this pretty much blew me away! I don't know if this really sparked because prior to taking him home the Jehovah Witnesses came over and talked to us at DQ. I know that these guys get a bad rep, but honestly talking to these guys weren't bad at all. They didn't push anything on us. We actually agreed upon the church these days and we shared what exciting stuff is happening in this tiny town in Iowa. Before they even came over there were four of us. One girl left because she didn't want to talk to them. She didn't want to even start talking to them about faith. Now as "Christians" aren't we suppose to witness to people? If you can't even talk to someone about your own faith than how are you suppose to be a witness? Alright now back to the conversation I was originally talking about. We had a great conversation that lasted for like two hours. But ending the conversation left me with so many questions. Like you can say God is speaking to you...but how do you really know its him and not you speaking? How can you trust someone you can't physically see,speak,touch, or hear? How do we know that all of this isn't a joke? What it after we die all we do is rot in the grown and we really have no spirit? Is there really such thing as a devil? Could there possibly be angels protecting and demons trying to hurt us? If Jesus really loved us than why do bad things happen to us or people we love? One last thing sorry for this blog my mind is just one complete mess right now and I felt like I needed to write it down.