Every day we see things that we need to do, but we keep putting them off until tomorrow. Let us start today by doing the things we need to do because tomorrow is not promised to any of us. “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1) NKJV
Some of us have a habit of starting a project and quitting before we get finished. Before we realize it, weeks, months, and even years have passed us by, and we still haven’t completed the project we started. When this happens to us, we have to stop putting things off until tomorrow and put our faith to work today.” Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” (James 2:17) KJV
If someone in need comes up to us and asks for help, we shouldn’t put them off until tomorrow if we have it today. Instead, we should give readily and at once, and not make any excuses or delays. “Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it,’ when you have it with you.” (Proverbs 3:28) NKJV
Oftentimes we put things that we don’t want to deal with off for another day. It could be emails we don’t want to send, calls we don’t want to make or cleaning that needs to be done. The longer we put things off, the more they will accumulate. That’s why we should stop putting things off until tomorrow and do them today. By doing this, it will keep us from being lazy and pushing things to another day. “Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!” (Proverbs 6:6) NLT
A lot of us are still holding on to the hurts and disappointments from our past. However, we have to stop putting off until tomorrow and put these things behind us today. What’s done in our past, we can’t go back and change it. So let us accept it, learn from it and let it go. Once we do this, we can move forward with our lives. “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” (Philippians 4:13) NKJV
So be encouraged today and always remember: “Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.” (Proverbs 6:4) NLT
Minister Sherry Ivy is a Minister of The New Providence M. B. Church (Healing & Yoke Destroying Ministry) in Macon Mississippi, under the leadership of her husband, Pastor Willie J. Ivy Sr. You can contact her via email at [email protected]
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