The Dangers of Procrastination

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I will never be the same. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:28.919 I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible ever live 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.080 in seed of the Word of God. I'll never be 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.880 the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:40.200 In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.840 I want to talk to you today about one of 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.800 the greatest enemies that we will ever face, and that 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:51.480 is procrastination. How many people you moan like the other services. 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.600 How many people know in their heart what they should 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.720 do down in here. They know what's right, and they 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.600 have good intentions, but they just keep putting it off 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.600 and putting it off. And the interesting thing about procrastination 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:10.080 is it's so easy to justify. We think, one day 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.760 I'm gonna do that, so I'm not really being disobedient. Joel. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.960 One day I'm gonna get serious about my relationship with God, 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.920 just not right now. Or one day I'm gonna get 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.880 back in shape, one day I'm gonna get my finances 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.640 in order, or one day I'm gonna forgive that person 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.840 that hurt me. Now, the problem with that is most 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.680 of the time, one day never comes, never get around 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.920 to it. We're always making some other excuse. And I've 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.479 discovered that if the enemy can't get us to be 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.919 outright disobedient, his next plan of attack is to simply 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.960 deceive us into putting it off. Where we know what 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:49.000 we should do. God, I'm planning to do it, just 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:52.320 not right now. I'm planning to tithe my income as 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.400 soon as my finances get better. I'm planning to serve 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.039 in the children's ministry as soon as it slows down 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.719 at my office. What we're saying is I have good intentions. 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.440 I'm planning on being obedience, so that's not so bad. 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:09.839 But no, good intentions don't equal obedience, and really delayed 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:13.960 obedience in not even obedience. And when God is speaking 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.760 to your heart, when your conscience is talking to you 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:21.599 down in here, maybe about changing your attitude or apologizing 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.640 to that loved one, treating somebody better, yet you keep 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:26.640 putting it off and putting it off. All that's going 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.960 to do is still your joy and keep you from 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.840 God's very best. Now, I want to challenge you today 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.280 to be a now person, start doing what God has 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.400 put in your heart right now. Don't just be obedient, 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:43.279 be extremely obedient, be prompt to obey. And you've got 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.279 to learn to listen to your conscience. God speaks to 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.839 us right down in here. And some of you go 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.120 to bed practically every night with a guilty conscience. You 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.600 can hardly even sleep, and it's because you're putting off 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.320 what you know you should be doing. When we procrastinate, 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.520 it makes us feel bad about ourselves. It condemns us. 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.520 You go in the house, see that dirty laundry room 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:07.919 that you've been meaning to clean for two months, and 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.480 you've got a sink full of dishes and your garage 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.640 is a big mess. Every time you go in there, 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.080 it's gonna depress you. You're gonna think, man, what is 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.840 wrong with me? I'm never gonna get this place cleaned up. 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:19.800 I'm so lazy. I might as well just go in, 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:24.839 sit down and watch some more TV. That's a negative cycle, 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:28.520 and it's gonna continue unless you put your foot down 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.520 and say, you know what, I'm gonna get my house 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.320 in order. I'm gonna make some changes today. No more 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.400 procrastinating for me. I'm gonna get this place cleaned up. 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.159 If it's the last thing I do. See, stop putting 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.960 off what you know you should do. It is less 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.880 painful to dig your heels in and do it than 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.760 it is to go day after day, week after week, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.280 guilty and condemned because you're not doing what you should do. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.320 You're going against your conscience. And some of you today 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.440 are living kind of frustrated because you've got about twenty 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:01.440 five unfinished projects around the house. You got one room 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.160 half painted, and the yard needs to be weeded, and 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:06.720 you had to balance your checkbook in six months. Your 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:11.200 middle name could be procrastination ushers. You better lock the doors. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.040 Three people have already left, three more wanted to leave, 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:21.080 but they keep putting it off. But seriously, God's been 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.560 dealing with some of you about getting out of debt, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.040 about controlling your spending, not being so quick to use 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.679 those credit cards, but you keep falling into that trap. Yes, 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.360 one day I'm gonna make those changes. One day. I 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.240 know I got to get that in order. Let me 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.120 just run up to the mall one more time. Now, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.040 the scripture says, if you know the right thing to do, 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.720 but you're not doing it, then that's sin. Well, you say, Joe, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.680 you mean it's a sin for me to spend too 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:53.000 much money. Listen carefully, Victoria, if you know in your 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.440 heart it's not right and you're going against your conscience, 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.160 and down in here it's telling you what am I doing? 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.400 I'm out of control? Why do I keep spending this money? 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.640 But if you just keep doing that, then yes, that's 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.720 being disobedient. And when we are disobedient, we're not gonna 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.600 have God's blessings. And I don't know what areas you 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.960 may be tempted to procrastinate in today. Some of you 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.240 may not think you have any area, but really I 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.200 believe we all have things that we can obey more 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.560 quickly in And I'm not here to condemn anybody. I'm 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.280 just asking you to search your heart today. Are there 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.880 people in your life you know you need to forgive, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.440 but you just keep putting it off. Are you putting 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.560 off spending time with your family? Or are you putting 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.840 off taking steps to live a healthier life. Some of 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.359 you know you need to get on an exercise program. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.040 You know, deep down in here you need to take 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:44.960 care of this temple God is given. You need to 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.800 get in shape. You're saying, Joe, Yeah, that's right, that's me. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.720 And sure, enough, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna start 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.040 this summer as soon as the kids get out of school. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:56.040 Now that's delayed obedience. That's not God's best. Or you 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.680 may be thinking, I know I need to eat healthier. 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:00.800 I know I ate too much. It's junk food. I 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.120 know I drink too many sodas. And yes, I'm gonna 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.160 make changes, but some other time. Or I can hear 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:07.960 you saying, Joel, you hit the nail on the head. 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.080 I know I got to do something with my finances. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.120 I know I need to balance my check book, and so, 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.560 by golly, next month or two, I'm gonna sit down 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.960 and do it. Now. Don't put that off. Do you 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.440 know the longer we put things off, the harder it's 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.480 going to be to do. The other day, one of 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.480 our children spilled something on the carpet. So I went 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.319 and got the carpet cleaner, the stain remover, and as 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.840 I was reading the directions, I found something kind of interesting. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.400 It said that I needed to get to that spot 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.560 as quickly as possible, to not let it dry, not 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.560 let it soak in. But I had to put that 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.679 solution on it immediately. In other words, it was saying, 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.400 the quicker you deal with it, the easier it's going 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.640 to be to remove. And really, I believe it's the 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.440 same way in our lives. When God brings something to 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.640 light an area that you need to change, something that 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.360 you need to make right, that's when you need to 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.959 take action. Not next week when you feel like it, 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.280 or not next month when your circumstances are better. No, 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.920 do it right then, that's when you're going to have 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.480 the anointing to do it. And some of you, you 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.400 may have a person in your life right now that 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.160 you know down in here you need to forgive, and 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.360 God's been dealing with you about it again and again, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:14.600 but you just think, man, I can't do that. They 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.679 hurt me too bad. It wasn't fair. But the longer 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.680 you put it off, the more difficult it's going to be. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.840 And if you just take that step of faith and 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.440 even release it right now, God will give you the 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.120 grace you need and you'll be amazed at how you'll 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.960 begin to get your joy in victory back. I remember 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.440 growing up, we knew this Methodist minister and his hands 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.679 were all crippled up with arthritis. It was very sad situation. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.800 He couldn't drive anymore, he could barely even get himself 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.280 dressed in the morning. But one day he heard my 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.560 father speaking on forgiveness and the importance of letting go 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.840 of the past. And he told how for years he 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.000 had held on to this bitterness on the inside toward 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.320 these people that had done him wrong when he was 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.600 just a young man, and he knew he needed to forgive. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.079 He knew it was a right thing, but he just 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.480 chose not to do it. And it's funny, I meet 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.960 a lot of people like that today. They know they 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.040 should let go of the past, or they know they 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.280 should change their attitude. They know they need to forgive, 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.040 but they're just making the choice for some reason not 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:15.440 to do it. Well, this man, when he heard my father, 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.440 that really convicted his heart, and he made a decision 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.600 right then and there that he was going to stop 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.600 putting it off and he was just going to do 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:24.559 what he knew he should do and just let it go. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.520 He said, God, I just forgive him right now. I 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.440 release that to you. I'm not going to dwell on 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.560 it anymore. And he said, the most amazing thing began 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.200 to happen. His crippled hands begin to open up. Week 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:38.679 after week, one finger would get better, and the next 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.440 week this finger was normal, and as time went on, 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.480 his hands eventually just were totally and completely normal. He 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.560 can use them just like you and I could today. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.679 The point I'm making is when we go against what 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:54.520 we know is right, we hold on to bitterness, unforgiveness, anger. 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.200 All we're doing is opening up the door to sickness 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.800 and disease. And I believe some of you would see 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.960 your whole situation turn around if you just do what 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.679 you know down in here you're supposed to do, whether 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.800 it's apologized to somebody, or not live so stressed out, 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.480 or treat a person better, whatever it is. I believe 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.480 you know down in here, listen to your conscience. You 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.160 may be here today and you need to start dealing 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.080 with some issues, start confronting some people in your life. 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.800 Maybe there's a person that's always trying to control you 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:26.640 and manipulate you, and you know down in here it's 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.680 not right, but you're letting it go on month after month, 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.240 and it's stealing your joy. You're not happy, it's dragging 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:34.880 you down, but you're thinking, you know what, joy, it's 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:36.760 just not worth it. I don't even want to deal 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.559 with the headache. But know the longer you put it off, 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.040 the more difficult it's going to be. If you'll just 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.360 take that step of faith in God's timing, He'll give 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.439 you the supernatural strength that you need. He said, Joe, 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.079 how do I know when it's really God's timing. It's 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.160 God's timing when he's dealing with you about it, when 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.360 it's coming up on the inside. I believe even right now, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:00.559 God is bringing areas to light, maybe something you've been 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.439 pushing down, maybe an area you need to change, something 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.360 you've been putting off, and I'm asking you to start 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.760 being willing to do something about it. Stop putting off 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.840 the apologies you need to make, stop putting off the 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.200 little jobs around the home in the office that need 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:18.520 to be done, and don't procrastinate when it comes to 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.120 your health and taking care of the body that God's 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.520 given you. I have a friend that we used to 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.160 play basketball quite a bit, and several years ago he 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:30.120 was telling me how, for month after month, something down 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.960 in here kept saying to him, go get a checkup. 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.720 And here he was as healthy as can be, not 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.200 a problem in the world. But still he said, down 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:40.520 in here, he knew he should go visit a doctor 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.080 and get a checkup in the natural, though it didn't 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.400 seem like any reason to do it. Life was good, 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.760 you know how it is. When you're healthy, last thing 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.000 you do is think about going to the doctor. And 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.280 he told how he just kept pushing it down month 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.800 after month, but he would go to bed at night 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.360 almost feeling condemned because he knew down in here he 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.480 should go get that checkup. To make a long story short, unfortunately, 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.560 one day his health started going downhill. He lost a 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.840 bunch of weight. We didn't see him up at the 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:11.000 gym for some time, and when he finally returned, we 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.520 learned how he had been diagnosed with a very serious illness. Now, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.080 of course we're praying for him, we're believing it's gonna change. 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.920 But he told me something so interesting. He said, Joel, 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.200 when I went to see the doctor, the first thing 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.480 he said to me was, Man, I wish you'd have 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.800 God here several years ago. We would have had so 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.000 much better of a chance to deal with this. See, 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.560 he knew in his heart what he should do. God 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.880 was speaking to him right down in here. He just 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.600 chose not to do it. And I don't say that 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.160 to bring fear of any kind. I'm simply saying, when 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.920 we know what's right, but we just keep putting it off, 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:47.040 We're always going to miss out on God's best. And yes, 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.920 I believe in healing. Yes, I know God can take 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.000 care of us, but I know also God expects us 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.600 to do our part. Now, I consider myself very healthy. 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.160 I'm a young man, but do you know every two 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.240 years I go and I have a full physical That's 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.440 what I feel good about. I'm not telling you to 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.680 do it, but I know when I don't do it, 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:10.560 I feel uneasy on the inside. My conscience is not clear, 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.760 something down in here, says Joel. That's not right. You 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.240 need to take that precaution. And I don't do it 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.960 just for myself. I do it for my wife. I 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.720 do it for my children. And understand I don't like 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.800 doing it. There are a thousand things I'd rather be doing. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.080 But I know when I don't do it, like I said, 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.360 there's an unrest on the inside. Well, he said, Joel, 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.040 I thought you were a man of faith. I thought 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.160 you believed in healing. Yes, I believe in healing, but 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.200 I also believe that if we'll take care of ourselves, 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.560 we may not need to be healed. And I would 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.680 rather live a healthy lifestyle than to have to try 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.160 to get healed all the time. And even though I 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.360 know that God can take care of us, I know 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.880 also that God has given us all common sense. And 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.920 the truth is, God uses doctors, he uses medicines, He 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.080 uses some of these new techniques to either prevent an 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:02.480 illness or to begin that healing process. And you know, 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.600 practically every doctor will tell you if you catch something 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.560 early on, it's a whole lot easier to deal with 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.920 it than if you let it go for year after year. 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.960 And especially you ladies, you know how important it is 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.600 to have that regular checkup. And you may be busy, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.000 there may be a lot going on in your life, 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.640 but you need to make that a priority. What I'm 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.560 saying to you today is quit putting off what you 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:26.840 know in your heart is the right thing to do. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.760 Some of you are always putting off spending time with 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.800 your family. You're so busy your work all the time. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.640 Your attitude is one day I'm gonna slow down and 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.560 enjoy these children that God has given me, or one 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.400 day I'm gonna take that trip and go visit my parents, 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.920 who are getting up there in age. One day, I'm 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.920 gonna call that loved one that I've really been thinking about. No, 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.080 stop putting that off. Take time for the people you love. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.000 You don't really know how long they're gonna be there. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.920 I know, even with my father, we never dreamed that 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.440 he was gonna go so quickly. But I thank God 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.520 that I spent time with him. I can honestly say 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.959 that I don't have any regrets. But don't put that 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.040 stuff off. I know one time a man came up 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.080 to me in the front lobby and he was just sobbing. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.960 He was probably in his early fifties, and somehow he 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.880 had gotten at odds with his parents. They had done 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.800 something that had offended him, and so for several years 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.439 he wouldn't have anything to do with them. He was 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.760 holding on to that unforgiveness, harboring that bitterness on the inside, 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.320 and he said, something down in here told him it 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.439 wasn't right. He knew on the inside he should just 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:35.960 let it go, be the bigger person, forgive him, overlook 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.879 their faults. But no, he wouldn't do it. He was 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:42.320 hard headed and his attitude was one day I'll make 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.680 things right, but right now I'm gonna show them well. Unfortunately, 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.639 one day never came. His father had a massive stroke 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.639 and instantly he was gone. And now he was sobbing. 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.040 He was having to deal with all the guilt and shame. 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.480 You can imagine if he had to do it again, 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:59.560 he wouldn't have put it off. He wouldn't have been 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.679 so hard headed. And we have to understand when people 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.840 do us wrong, God expects us to be the bigger person. 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:08.960 God expects us to be the ones to let it go. 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.560 You've got to do whatever you possibly can to keep 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.639 the peace in your family. Life is too short to 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.520 go around holding a grudge. It's too short to hold 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:22.680 onto that anger and unforgiveness and bitterness. Stop putting off 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.399 forgiving the people that have done you wrong, and stop 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.320 putting off spending time with the people that you love. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.119 So often we take people for granted, when Joel, I 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.480 am gonna go see my parents, when it slows down 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.240 at the office, or when my kids get through with baseball, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:39.000 or when I get a little bit more money. But 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.240 you know, the scripture says in Ecclesiastes, if you wait 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:45.080 for all the conditions to be just right, you'll never 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.840 get off a dead sinner. That's saying that there probably 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.080 will never be a perfect time to do what God 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.080 has put in your heart. You've got to make a 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.600 decision that you're just gonna put your foot down and 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.000 do it anyway, and don't miss opportunities to be good 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.960 to people. I'm convinced that God is always putting things 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.680 in our heart that we can do for others. Be 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:10.760 sensitive and don't put that off. For instance, maybe God 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.000 leads you to give somebody a little money or to 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:17.560 buy somebody's dinner, Well just do it, don't overanalyze it. Well, God, 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:19.360 I think I need the money more than they do. 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:21.959 Is this really you God? I better pray about this 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.959 for a couple of weeks. Now that's an excuse we 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.320 you so often, But what I happened is a couple 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:30.160 of weeks go by and you'll forget all about it. 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.879 God will have already met that person's need through somebody else, 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:36.600 and you'll have missed out on that opportunity to be 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:39.840 a blessing. I know so many times down in here 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.520 somebody's name comes up and I just know I should 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:45.240 go call them and encourage them I feel so strongly 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.560 about it, but I'm in the middle of watching the 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.199 ball game. It's the fourth quarter. Man, I can't go 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.800 in there. I can't go write myself a note. I 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.960 might miss something. How many times have I known what 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:58.480 I should do and I've said, yeah, God, I'm gonna 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.120 do that later. I'll call them tomorrow, or maybe even 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:04.840 I'll invite them out to eat dinner next week. I 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.400 had good intentions, but you know, as well as I do, 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:10.480 things get busy, we got other things to deal with, 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.040 and we end up missing out on sowing that seed 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:16.000 for a blessing. I've learned now when that comes up, 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:18.120 I've got to do it right. Then. If I can't 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:20.280 get them on the phone, I'll leave a message on 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.280 my voicemail at the office. Ask one of my assistants, Hey, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:25.560 send these guys a note. Let them know we're thinking 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:27.480 of them. See if there's anything we can do to 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:31.320 help friends. We miss so many opportunities to be good 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:35.720 to people simply because we procrastinate. And if every one 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:37.600 of us would do what God has put in our 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.200 heart for others, you can imagine what kind of world 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:42.919 this place would be. Let me ask you, what are 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:46.439 you putting off today? What areas is God dealing with 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:48.720 you in? Are you putting off being good to people? 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:51.760 Are you putting off taking steps to break that addiction. 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:55.240 I know people that are always putting off being happy. 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:58.639 Their attitude is one day I'm gonna start enjoying my 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.479 life as I get out of these problems and I'm 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:04.360 gonna be happy, or as soon as I get that promotion, 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:07.320 as soon as I retire, as soon as I get married, 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.520 then I'm gonna really enjoy my life. No, let me 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:13.120 challenge you to start enjoying your life right where you are. 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:15.919 Things may not be perfect, you may not have all 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:18.480 the money that you want, your kids may not all 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:20.800 be making straight a's, but you need to get up 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:22.960 and say, with the psalm as David, this is the 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.159 day the Lord has made, and I'm gonna enjoy it. Friends. 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:28.280 You've got to learn to bloom right where you're planning. 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:32.239 I love what the Apostle Paul said. He said, I 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.919 have learned how to be content in every situation. That 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:38.439 means you've got to quit looking at what's wrong in 0:21:38.480 --> 0:21:41.359 your life and start looking at what's right. You need 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.280 to quit complaining about what you don't have, and let's 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.439 start thinking God for what you do have. And every 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:51.160 day that you live negative and unhappy is a day 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:53.919 that you've wasted. And what a shame to waste what 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:56.680 God has given us. Why don't you make a decision 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:59.720 before you leave today that you're not gonna live another 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:02.920 manu it being down and discourage. Stop putting off your 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:06.400 happiness and starting joy in your life. It's a decision 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:09.560 that you can make. Some people are always putting off 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:13.000 making peace with God. I can't think of any area 0:22:13.080 --> 0:22:16.520 worse to procrastinate in than this area. People tell me 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:19.080 all the time, Joel, I know I need to get 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:21.960 back in church. I know I need to start living right, 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:25.879 making better choices, resisting this temptation. It's just not the 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.040 right time. But one day you're going to see me 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:30.879 in there. People tell me, Joel, as soon as I 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:33.719 break all these addictions, as soon as I get rid 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:36.680 of these bad habits, then I'll be there. But really, 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:39.520 you've got it backwards. You've got to come to God 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:41.880 just as you are, and he'll help you get your 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:45.440 life cleaned up. Really, I don't believe that you can 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:48.760 break those addictions without God's health. Well, you say, Joe, 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:51.240 I'd get back in church, but somebody in the church 0:22:51.320 --> 0:22:54.080 hurt me growing up. Man, that pastor he did our 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.440 family wrong. No, you've got to get your eyes off 0:22:56.440 --> 0:23:00.600 of people. People will let you down, people will fail you. Listen, 0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:03.080 I'm only human. I may disappoint you, I hope not. 0:23:03.280 --> 0:23:05.440 But I can tell you this, God will never disappoint you. 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:09.359 He'll never let you down. And the only way that 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:12.520 you're going to be ultimately happy in life is by 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:15.880 making peace with the creator of the universe. The trick 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:18.480 of the enemy is to tell you do it tomorrow. 0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:21.560 You can do it some of the time. You can 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:23.359 do it after you get out of college. Man, these 0:23:23.400 --> 0:23:26.919 are your party years. Do it later. No, don't believe 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:30.639 those lies. The scripture says, today is the day of salvation. 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:33.600 Today is the day we need to make changes in 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:36.520 our life. I heard a little kick tish his story 0:23:36.560 --> 0:23:39.359 about these three demons, and they were about to graduate 0:23:39.400 --> 0:23:42.800 from their training. They were taking their final exams. So 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:44.720 Satan came to the first one and he said, what 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:47.879 are you going to do to deceive people? And he said, Satan, 0:23:48.040 --> 0:23:49.960 I'm going to tell people that there's not a God. 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:53.000 It's just a big thing that somebody made up. Satan 0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:54.359 shook his head and said, you're not going to have 0:23:54.440 --> 0:23:57.200 much success. Everybody's going to believe that there's a God. 0:23:57.760 --> 0:23:59.320 He went to the next one and he asked him, 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:02.480 what's going to be your strategy to deceive. He said, Satan, 0:24:02.480 --> 0:24:05.240 I'm gonna tell people that there's no heaven, there's no hell. 0:24:05.320 --> 0:24:08.520 This life is all there is. Satan again shook his head, 0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:10.840 said you're not gonna have much of an impact. Everybody's 0:24:10.880 --> 0:24:13.400 gonna know there's more than just this life. He went 0:24:13.440 --> 0:24:15.800 to the third one a little bit disgusted, and he said, 0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:19.159 what's going to be your strategy to deceive? He said, Satan, 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:22.480 I'm gonna tell people that there's no hurry, they can 0:24:22.520 --> 0:24:24.639 do it later. Yes, God is real, Yes he's a 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:26.800 good God. He's got a good plan. But you can 0:24:26.840 --> 0:24:30.359 make the decision some other time. Satan smiled and said, you, 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:33.760 my friend, are going to deceive millions. See, the trick 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:37.040 of the enemy is to have us put it off. God, 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:40.320 I'll clean up my life tomorrow. God I'll forgive that 0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:43.439 person next week. God I'm gonna take that step of 0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:46.480 faith when it's a little more convenient, So don't fall 0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:50.760 into that trap. The scripture says, now faith is God 0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:53.840 is a god of the now, and whatever area he 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:56.320 may be dealing with you in, do it right. Then 0:24:57.080 --> 0:25:00.280 that's the only way you're going to experience his abundance life. 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:03.320 Some of you today may wonder why you're not as 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:05.399 happy as you should be. You know you should be 0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:08.919 more fulfilled. Well, it may be simply because you're not 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:11.480 doing what you know you should be doing. Down in here. 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:14.840 You keep pushing down what God is bringing up. And 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.480 God will not force us to live in victory. He's 0:25:17.520 --> 0:25:21.040 given us all our own free will. We have to choose, 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:24.320 and it's not a one time choice. Every day you've 0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:27.240 got to choose to listen to your conscious, to be 0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:31.760 good to people, to resist that temptation. It's an ongoing process. 0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:34.880 I can tell you. Human nature always wants to put 0:25:34.920 --> 0:25:37.560 it off, do it later. And that's what the story 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:39.720 is all about. There in the Book of HAGII, in 0:25:39.840 --> 0:25:43.680 chapter one, God had spoken to these people about building 0:25:43.720 --> 0:25:47.159 the temple, but in verse two of chapter one, the 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:51.080 people said, the time has not yet come for the 0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:55.040 Lord's house to be rebuilt, even though Cyrus had ordered 0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:59.960 it sixteen years earlier. Notice sixteen years before God told 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:02.120 told them to do it. But they're still saying it's 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:04.840 not the right time. We'll do it later. God, we're 0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:08.000 just too busy. When they first put that off. I 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:10.520 don't really believe they ever planned on putting it off 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.639 for sixteen years, but it just kept growing. Well, this 0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:17.160 is not a good year. It's not convenient. The next 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:19.320 year rolled around. Now, let's don't do it this year. Man, 0:26:19.359 --> 0:26:21.919 I got too much going on. That's what we do 0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:24.240 so many times. We'll take care of it next month, 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:27.880 but not right now. The next month rolls around. Oh yeah, God, 0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:29.320 I'm gonna deal with that, but let me do it 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:32.639 a little bit later. And too often, just like these people, 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:35.000 we look up and we put something off for a year, 0:26:35.560 --> 0:26:38.639 for five years, even ten years. These people put it 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:42.879 off for sixteen years, and notice what happens when we procrastinate. 0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:46.119 The prophet have ya I said in verse six, you 0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:49.800 have sown much, but you have reaped little. You have 0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:52.840 earned your wages, but you're putting them in a bag 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.560 with holes in it. He said in verse five, you 0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:58.840 need to consider your ways. If you're not happy today 0:26:58.960 --> 0:27:01.480 and you're work all the time, but you can't seem 0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:03.560 to get on top. You can't seem to get ahead. 0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.160 You need to consider your ways. When we put off 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:09.480 what we know we should be doing, it's just like 0:27:09.560 --> 0:27:11.560 we're trying to fill up a bag that's got holes 0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:14.280 in it. The point of this story is, do what 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:17.480 God tells you to do right then. Don't make excuses, 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.760 don't look for a more convenient time, Just do it. 0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:23.800 I don't know. Maybe you procrastinate in those small areas 0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:26.840 like I mentioned, you know, cleaning your house, mowing the lawn. 0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:30.520 You go around condemned. Don't make changes today. It's no 0:27:30.680 --> 0:27:33.520 use living like that. Just do it. If in your 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:37.240 heart you know you're supposed to forgive somebody, quit contemplating it, 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:40.119 quit reasoning it all out, and just do it. If 0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:42.359 you know you need to get on that exercise program, 0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:46.159 quit making excuses and just do it. Really, that's a 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:49.000 good phrase. We ought to always remember when God speaks 0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.040 to our heart, when we know it right down in 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.040 here in our conscience, our attitude should be God, I'm 0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:57.920 going to just do it and remember good intentions. Planning 0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:00.440 on doing it like these people. That's not oldence. You 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:03.160 got to do it. Right then. I believe even now 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:05.679 God speaking to some of you about areas you've been 0:28:05.720 --> 0:28:07.639 putting off, and I don't want any of you to 0:28:07.680 --> 0:28:10.800 take it as condemnation. That's God trying to take you 0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:13.160 to a higher level. And if you'll just do your 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:16.320 part today and be quick to obey and don't fall 0:28:16.320 --> 0:28:19.480 into the procrastination trap, then you won't have a bag 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:21.920 with holes in it. And God do his part, He'll 0:28:21.920 --> 0:28:24.560 pour out his blessings in favor and you'll experience the 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:29.199 abundant life he has in story. Amen. We never like 0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:32.560 to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:35.280 make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 0:28:35.320 --> 0:28:39.440 with me? 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