Procrastination
This week at school I've had three assessment tests. I'm sure I've done poorly in all three. Why?
We all know that to do our best in such tests, we should attend class and study so we can learn and not need to worry when it comes to test time. But if, like me, you miss class and study time due to illness, you cannot expect to pass your tests.
It's no different in our spiritual lives. We cannot wait until the night before a test to study, neither can we expect to wait until we are in front of God to wake up and follow Him.
The same way that I cannot use my illness as an excuse for doing badly in my test, afterall I'm sure I could have done better if I had made the time to catch up, neither can we make excuses for a lifetime of neglecting God. We cannot say "Well, I had this to do, and that to do. I just didn't have the time, so it's not my fault". The truth is, that when something is important, we can and should make the time for it.
Don't mistake my meaning. If you do develop faith in God, but died suddenly days later, God isn't going to say to you "Well, you weren't there for me long enough, so too bad!". Once you make that commitment to follow God, you're saved, and it's all a learning experience after that.
But making that first step to follow God is where most of us struggle to start. We think that following God means we'll have to sell all our possessions and live like a pauper, or give up all enjoyment. But we don't have to lose any of that. The only things God wants us to give up, are our bad habits, because those habits are genuinely unhealthy for us.
Procrastination is just an excuse for laziness. It's one of those bad habits God wants us to give up. So why not start the fight against procrastination by looking into the most important part of our lives: God.
