MORNING MANNA 2-24-23
PROCRASTINATION VS. PREPARATION
“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”-James. 4:14
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” – James 4:17
Adrian Rogers said, “Procrastination. Just seeing the word makes me want to put off saying anything else. Are you under conviction in that area? One fellow said, “I started to procrastinate, then decided to put it off.”
Procrastination is a form of disobedience. When God tells us to do something and we don’t do it, we can label our actions with all kinds of fancy words, but the bottom line is, it’s sin. The days are passing and time cannot be stopped. You can’t call a ‘timeout’ in life. And time can’t be stored like money in the bank. Really, the only thing you can do with time is use it or lose it.
Someone has said, “Lost: One golden hour, studded with sixty diamond minutes. No reward offered, for it is lost forever.” Redeem the time.
While I agree with that, I fear a lot of folks misunderstand. The woodsman is not wasting time when he stops cutting to sharpen his axe. Nor is it a waste of time to rest when you are weary. Sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing. When your body needs rest, it is not procrastination to cease activity so as to get it. Nor is it procrastination to cancel one thing so as to do something more important. I don’t mention this to give you a “loop-hole” to get out of doing what you should, but rather to bring balance to your life. Every home needs a rocking chair or porch swing! – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX.
