Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today!
How many times I heard that saying as a young person. My mother was a very impatient person, if she told you to do something, you were to do it then and there. Saturday mornings my door was flung open and a loud shout came through that it was 7AM and I needed to get up, clean my room, and start my chores. I hated Saturday mornings as a teenager, I just wanted to sleep in, but my mother was relentless when it came to getting up, cleaning the house, getting laundry done, etc.
I know I was probably just as bad with my children when I told them to do something, I expected it to be done. I do not think, however, I was as militant about getting out of bed on the one day they had to sleep in!
Procrastination. That is putting things off. Stalling. Dithering. Delaying. It embraces the belief that if we can put off something long enough, we might not have to do it at all—especially the difficult stuff.
That is not the way of God. When it comes to the commands of God, we are not to procrastinate. We are to obey. Obedience is immediate. God speaks, we listen and obey. We do what He commands us to do. We do not argue, postpone, stall, dither, or delay.
“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.” [Psalm 119:60 HCSB]
Oops, there is that little phrase, “I will” again. I will hasten. I will not delay. I will obey Your commands, LORD. That is the response. Immediate and Decisive. Of course, it also means we must know what His commands are!
