Procrastination

Greetings!

Haggai 1: 2 A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “The people procrastinate. They say this isn’t the right time to rebuild my Temple, the Temple of God.” (Message Bible)

One of the most damaging phrases we can live by is “I’ll do it tomorrow.” In other words, we procrastinate. Procrastination is derived from two Latin words: pro = for the benefit of and crastinus = of tomorrow. It also means to defer, put off doing, drag one’s feet, hesitate, let slide, retard, stall, pause, suspend, and make take longer.

Far too often we put off into the future that which we should do today. The Scriptures seem to weigh heavily on the present: NOW is the accepted time for Salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2); NOW faith is … (Hebrews 11:1); TODAY if you would hear God’s voice don’t harden your heart (Psalm 95:7-8). And yet, we procrastinate by putting off on tomorrow that which should be done on the day that the Lord has made (Psalm 118:24).

Along with the Scriptures, I would like to encourage you with a few quotes from individuals who accomplished much with their lives:

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
~ George Claude Lorimer

“Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.” ~ Edward Young

“The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.”
~ Dawson Trotman

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Even if you’re on the right track – you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
~ Will Rogers

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” ~ Karen Lamb

“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.” ~ Author Unknown

Let’s allow this consecration to become the resurrection of missed opportunities. (Joel 2:25)