Do you ever feel frustrated, former procrastinators, because daily survival overcomes all else and you never get to the other things you sense the Lord prompting you to do? I do, and it makes me feel sad and guilty. Want to sing in a choir? Take sailing lessons? Go overseas with a mission organization? These…
Boy, did I have alligators to whack, former procrastinators, when our kiddos were students. So many demanding things to take care of at once! Sadly, I pointed them into alligator-infested waters too. I thought if we scheduled tightly and worked harder, we could manage to do everything we wanted to do. So wrong. I admired…
Don’t you wish, former procrastinators, that decisions about what’s essential and follow through action were simple! Instead, they can be tangled and messy. It’s worth it to persevere, even if we think we do it poorly. Definition and application Priorities are the most important things for us to do, a limited number of essentials. We…
Do you think, former procrastinators, that the Holy Spirit runs frantically from chore to chore? Forgets what He meant to do because He gets distracted by another task? Wonders if He can get everything in? Feels overwhelmed? Is frustrated because something gets left out? Too often these things describe me. You too? But the Lord’s…
Item Number 4 that helps me, former procrastinators, is harder to put off. That’s my accountability partner – and I love her. She knows if I’m faithful or not to the priorities the Lord has prompted. She helps me be faithful which means she’s a key to success. Why accountability? God has designed the body…
Frankly, former procrastinators, I get pretty slack between setting goals and achieving them. I get tired and want to give up. Setting SMART goals is a practical boost that helps me be honest because of the specifics and deadlines. I still have to slog through and do the work. Sometimes it appeals but often it…
Now get very serious, former procrastinators. As you discern and plan for meeting your goals, make sure they’re priorities God wants. That adds real power. It may be a great year to tackle something He’s prompted but that you’ve procrastinated. Then set yourself up for actual success by using the well-known SMART guideline (bold words)….
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10