Is your tomorrow full?
I don’t know about you, but my tomorrow is looking pretty full. The things that I should have accomplished today just got moved to tomorrow. There are lots of reasons why we don’t accomplish everything we should in a day … change of plans, unexpected crisis, lack of time, lack of energy or just a simple thing called PROCRASTINATION.
Procrastination is one of those things that is easily justified. We’ll get to it later. We’ll do it tomorrow. But unfortunately, some of the things that we put off to tomorrow – God intended for us to accomplish today!
The habit of procrastination takes a two-fold toll on its victims…first of all, important work goes unfinished and secondly, valuable energy is wasted when we have to work twice as hard to do what should already of been done.
Do you know what happens to me when I put things off ? I am thrown into a senseless cycle…1. delay (followed by) 2. worry (followed by) 3. a panicked state of mind to “catch up.”! Putting things off until tomorrow is not only a vicious cycle of trouble, worry and stress but many times I think we miss out on a blessing from God.
He has given us each the same amount of time in a day. Tomorrow, He may have a plan for me to go visit someone who is sick, or stop at the store to engage in conversation with a salesclerk that will bring encouragement to them ….however …. in order to accomplish what He has in store me, I have to be obedient. And many times I do not recognize the signs, or the quest for obedience because I am so busy trying to catch up doing things today that I should have accomplished yesterday.
ECCLESIASTES 5:4 “If you make a promise to God, don’t be slow to keep it. God is not happy with fools, so give God what you promised.”
E. Stanley Jones summed up procrastination pretty well ~ “Every time you refuse to face up to life and its problems, you weaken your character.”
A christian who possesses procrastinating habits in the small things may just be passing up a blessing in the big things. Don’t let your tomorrows be so full that you miss out on what God has for you. Today is the day that the Lord has made!
Amen, well said.
You are right Laurie. Don’t put off thing to tomorrow if you can get them done today 🙂 — The same is true for prayers — I usually drop everything when a friend asks me to pray.
When I put off things…YIKES..my tomorrows become more than I can bear!
Blessings, andrea
Thanks for the reminder. I tend to procrastinate. 🙂 Today I am moving forward, thanks again.
Jones’ comment is so convicting! Never thought of it in terms of how it can affect our character. Very insightful. Thank you, Laurie! 🙂
Oh THANK YOU for this! Really needed to read it today. God bless you so much, and all the sweet gals here….
Great post Laurie. We need to do what we can today and not waste our precious time.