Procrastinators like things to be easy. How ironic that I create difficulty for myself by putting off what needs doing! I build pressure and make big hairy messes instead of enjoying the benefits of work, play, or rest. I forget to stay connected to the Vine Jesus and my branch flails about in the wind….
Scripture speaks to procrastination – usually calling it slothfulness or laziness or referring to the sluggard. Does scripture address habits? I think so, and it’s really making me pay attention. Psalm 119:4-5 recently gripped me. It even includes the things we’ve been considering lately – diligence, habits, direction. “You have commanded us to keep your…
Time to review what I’m learning about procrastination and habits! How are they connected? How can I benefit from the connection? How does the Lord want to use what I’m learning? I like to distill things I’ve studied – pour it all through a funnel and see the most important ‚Äòtakeaways’ drip out. Or, sift…
As we look at procrastination and our habits, let’s take another look at Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit. (Habit Help, June 8, 2015) Duhigg’s research helped him discover the habit loop. I experience a cue which moves me to follow a routine which results in a reward. All this is driven by a…
Sometimes as a recovering procrastinator, I benefit greatly from someone else’s insights. That’s the case with a book I recently read, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Please read the review at Christianbooknotes.com/2013/the-power-of-habit-by-charles-duhigg. Though this book is not about Christianity, it provides us with aids we can use to put off the old man…
Since I want to stop procrastinating, I intend to develop healthy new habits. I want to, intend to. Is that what I am doing? “Live intentionally” is a phrase we hear these days. Do things on purpose. Do what you mean to do. Don’t just drift. I intend to visit Mrs. Smith. I intend to…
As a reforming procrastinator, I see I do not have good habits. I’m not a total loss in this department; I do some things pretty well. Generally I meet with the Lord every day, make the bed when I get up, serve breakfast at a regular time, sort the mail right away. But that list…
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