Starting Power – 4

Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 11

Procrastination is putting off an action to a later time. It is natural for everyone to procrastinate to some degree but it becomes a problem when you keep procrastinating in a bad way. If you plan to tidy your surroundings early in the day and suddenly you hear the sound of a bomb blast around your house, it may be a good idea to procrastinate that action. That’s good procrastination – leaving less important things to attend to more important ones.

So procrastination can be as a result of many things, but when it keeps hindering you from starting the realization of your God-given desires, then it is a bad procrastination. One reason why most people do this is because they want to make a move only when all situations around them seems perfect and in line with their expectation. Any little challenge encountered along the way is just enough to let them think the time is not right to start a good course. A brother once confessed to me that he is passionate about being a teacher of God’s word, but his job and family issues are so demanding that he doesn’t even have time to read his Bible. But no matter what you are going through, you need to create time to start attending to the most important things of your life.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 (GNB) says “If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything”. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to turn green before you move. In that case, you will sleep on the road. Traffic lights come in red, yellow and green and you have to be observant to know when a green light is facing you so that you can make a move. Many people are sleeping on their ‘productivity lanes’ just because all the factors they considered necessary to start a journey are not showing green lights.

Also, many procrastinate due to mental laziness. They are unable to properly organize the use of their time and the easy way out is to say … “I will do it tomorrow”. Most times, this tomorrow never comes or it comes too late. I’ve met many good Christians who are Professional Bad Procrastinators (PBP) and I hope you are not one of them. Their best actions are always reserved for tomorrow. But we live in an age where the phrase “tomorrow may be too late” appears to be more potent than ever before. You are only sure of today to some extent but you never can tell the challenges that tomorrow will present. Anything that can be done well today should scarcely be reserved for tomorrow except you have a counter instruction from God.

What’s happening to the good intentions you have for your home, your career, your ministry, your relationship, your business etc. Why not start doing something about them right now? Is your procrastination a good or a bad one?

Beloved, always say ‘NO’ to PBP.

– tope aladenusi