July 23rd, 2024
Week 6: July 23rd
Dear Younger Me, Don’t Procrastinate
By: Allison Hand
I’m guilty.
Guilty of procrastination that is.
Leaving the dishes in the sink till tomorrow.
Putting off that work project until another day.
Waiting to make that important phone call.
Or even procrastinating placing my trust in God for something small or possibly big.
I didn’t think I would be quite equipped to share why or how to not procrastinate. But what God spoke into me on this topic is worth sharing!
Have you ever felt a prompt from the Holy Spirit? For example you're standing there, chatting with your neighbor or that random person at the airport. And you know you should be sharing Jesus with this person but don’t know the words or feel equipped enough to share. Or what about being in a desperate situation and you are stressing and trying to find ways to solve the problem?
But if you’d just stop.
Talk to God about it. And trust that He will take care of it.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.â€
-Proverbs 3:5-6
It is in our weakest, most vulnerable moments that we should step with God, trusting His provision. He is equipping us when we take that step. Not before.
But after we take the step to trust God. What happens is quite profound.
You see the hand of God work in amazing ways.
I have learned that God astonishes me with what He can do when we don’t put off until tomorrow what stepping out in faith can do today!
It deepens my faith in God.
It draws me closer to Him.
It assures me of His presence and work in my life.
It lets me see miracles.
We become an example to others of what it looks like to put God first.
Dear Younger Me, Don’t Procrastinate
By: Allison Hand
I’m guilty.
Guilty of procrastination that is.
Leaving the dishes in the sink till tomorrow.
Putting off that work project until another day.
Waiting to make that important phone call.
Or even procrastinating placing my trust in God for something small or possibly big.
I didn’t think I would be quite equipped to share why or how to not procrastinate. But what God spoke into me on this topic is worth sharing!
Have you ever felt a prompt from the Holy Spirit? For example you're standing there, chatting with your neighbor or that random person at the airport. And you know you should be sharing Jesus with this person but don’t know the words or feel equipped enough to share. Or what about being in a desperate situation and you are stressing and trying to find ways to solve the problem?
But if you’d just stop.
Talk to God about it. And trust that He will take care of it.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.â€
-Proverbs 3:5-6
It is in our weakest, most vulnerable moments that we should step with God, trusting His provision. He is equipping us when we take that step. Not before.
But after we take the step to trust God. What happens is quite profound.
You see the hand of God work in amazing ways.
I have learned that God astonishes me with what He can do when we don’t put off until tomorrow what stepping out in faith can do today!
It deepens my faith in God.
It draws me closer to Him.
It assures me of His presence and work in my life.
It lets me see miracles.
We become an example to others of what it looks like to put God first.
Recent
Archive
2024
January
New Year, Fresh StartA Good Plan for the New YearCall on MeHope Has a NameHolidays in Rear ViewHolinessHow to Have our Mind TransformedNew Year, New YouA Pattern of RenewalVictory in JesusFear Knot? Fear Not.Seek the LORDBetterWhere to Place your TrustRadical GraceGenerosity God's WayThe Poor and NeedyThe Open Hand ConceptA Need that Burdens your HeartHow's Your Heart?Who Are You?Testing in the Wilderness
February
CallingDon't HideWhere You AreJust the Two of UsInvesting in the Kingdom of GodThe Golden RuleAgainst the GrainUnexplainable JoyThe Power of God's WordFollow MeThe God of the ImpossibleOut on a LimbWe All Face ItTrue JusticeGatherGood SoilDon't Put God in a BoxBe BraveCulture CheckFeed His Sheep. Love His People.Jesus Revealed
March
Jesus in His GloryNot QuantityHow Much God Loves ChildrenWhere Two or Three are GatheredLike Little ChildrenFocusAmazing GraceBeing Confronted By JesusKingdom FruitWedding AttireCome with a Hungry HeartLive and Lead Like HimTough LoveBe on your GuardKeep WatchTalentsSlow DownBeing Led by the SpiritKingdom WatchThey Are Us. We Are Them.Jesus Gave His All For UsHe is Risen, Indeed
April
The Most Important Question Ever AskedExchanging Death for a Better LifeThe Space BetweenHe's got the KeysI want to know HimJoy of the LordNeverthelessFullness of JoyFavorites"Try it, you'll like it."He Created MeHe Chose to Die for MeGod's Love for UsAn Eternal LoveNothing will SeparateThe Salt ShakerThe Word Brings HopeMeditate on God's WordA Well Lit PathEverything Wears OutEnjoy itModeration found in Contentment
Categories
Tags
no tags
1 Comment
Hi Alison,
nI really miss the daily entries. It really gave me something to be excited about. What you wrote about, I feel the same way too. I have actually had that happened to me.
n
nNothing ever stays the same!
n
nLove you and appreciate all you do!