Procrastination

If we were completely honest with ourselves, we would all have to admit that at one time or another we have procrastinated. What is procrastination? Putting off for tomorrow what could be done today. Okay, so maybe we are not full procrastinators. We only put off for a half a day or a few hours what could be done now. Those of us who are proficient procrastinators justify our failure to act by adopting the philosophy, " it doesn't matter when it gets done, as long as it gets done!" Well, sounds good. But what if the shoe was on the other foot? What if that philosophy was used by the one who really controls our life? What if God adopted the procrastinator's philosophy. What would be the real ramifications and manifestations of a God who decides that it doesn't matter when it gets done, as long as it gets done?

Just reflect for a minute on the times and occasions when you pray your most ferverent prayer. Even for those who do not profess a belief in a Higher power, at times of crisis, the first exclamatory remark is too often "Oh God!" What if at that very moment when you feel you need his interventive power the most, He decides to procrastinate? What then?

So is it fair, then to expect immediacy from God when he can't expect responsiveness from us? Yes, God is all knowing and all powerful, and we all have fallen short of his glory. But what if the things that he is requiring of us must be executed at the appropriate time in order for the fullness of his bounty to manifest in our lives? What if because of our lackadaisical response time, the blessing he had in store for us is bestowed on someone else?

Our divine purpose can never be fulfilled if we choose to put off for tomorrow what he has instructed us to do today. Will we still choose then, to procrastinate?