Put it off!!!

Putting it off, baby, putting it off. Till what? The cows come home? The rooster crows? What are you waiting for?

Why do it now when you can wait till next week? Or better yet, till someone else does it for you? (By the way, when is that maid coming to do my housework?? Ha ha...)

Procrastination is something that I STILL struggle with. And you know what that's really called? Umm...sloth with a capital S. Otherwise known as laziness.

Eww. Ugly word. Can you relate? Do you have a huge final and you've yet to crack a book? Driver's test and you haven't even studied your little driver's manual? You want to go to college but you haven't bothered to fill out a single application yet?

Maybe it's something more personal like calling a long lost friend, writing a thank you note or reading your Bible. What if God didn't bother to get back to you on that last prayer request? Now that's a thought!

The Bible is pretty clear about procrastination:

Proverbs 13:4 (ESV): The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Colossians 3:23 (ESV): Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (ESV): For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

Proverbs 12:24 (ESV): The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 15:19 (ESV): The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Philippians 4:13 (ESV): I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Yeah. Pretty clear. We've got to get to work, with God's ever present help.

Say out loud, based on Colossians 3:23: "Whatever I do, I work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."