DON'T DELAY!

PROCRASTINATION is poisoning and polluting our society.  It breeds laziness and delays what needs to be done.  A procrastinator says things like:  "I'll do that tomorrow"...."I'll take care of that later"..."In just a little bit."   But tomorrow turns into the next day, and then the next, etc.  Later turns into a lie--never intending to do it!  Excuses and postponements mount.

DELAY CAUSES DECAY!!!  It erodes peoople's patience and trust.  It's a form of rebellion and slothfulness.  It ruins relationships.  It is a sign of disrespect and shows a lack of consideration for the other person.   It can be identified in the passive-aggressive personality.  It peels away, layer-by-layer, one's credibility.  A procrastinator's word is no good--nor is he or she very responsible or reliable....always putting off what's not important to them.

Proverbs 6:6-11 compares an ANT to a SLUGGARD.  It condemns the sluggard's passivity, lack of initiative, the habit of procrastination, its obliviousness to what needs to be done, its laziness, and its lack of discipline.

DO what needs to be done without delay today!  Don't say you "can't"...be like the ant!  Don't hit the "snooze button"....GET UP--GET GOING!  God's got things for you to do!