Let’s face it, we are busy people. There are always things going on and there are no signs of life slowing down.
Work. Sports. Church. Spouse. Friends. Kids… This ever-growing list is the perfect excuse for not taking action.
I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news first: there is no perfect time. Now some good news: there is no perfect time.
Why is that good news?
Because it frees you from searching for something that doesn’t exist. It removes the excuses you’ve been telling yourself to avoid taking action. It brings honesty front and center and forces you to deal with it.
And you know what else? It’s Biblical. Solomon talks about facing the uncertainties in life in Ecclesiastes.
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”
– Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NIV)
When you wait for everything to line up just so, you’ll be waiting forever. The Living Bible translation puts that same passage this way: “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.”
As a personal trainer, I hear the time excuse maybe more than any other excuse. I get it. We all have a lot going on in life.
Yet just because I understand the excuse doesn’t mean I agree with it. I have a maxim that you may not want to hear: We do the things we most want to do.
If it’s important enough to you, you make time for it. That’s why I don’t ever say, “I don’t have time for _______.” Instead, I’ll say, “I won’t make time for ________.”
The time excuse certainly isn’t limited to fitness. Perhaps you’ve put off daily quiet times because you can’t create the ideal schedule for them. Maybe you’re not having regular date nights with your spouse because the calendar is packed with other stuff. Or maybe you’re not in church regularly because you’re too tired on the weekends from all your activities during the week.
Keep in mind, this is part of the enemy’s strategy, to keep us “busy,” too busy for things that matter most.
He’ll even deceive us into wearing our busyness as a badge of honor. It’s as if activities equals productivity and productivity equals worth.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
If you truly want the things you say you want, the things He wants for you, stop watching the wind.
Don’t stare at the sky or wait on the weather.
To reap you must plant.
The day has come.
There is no better time to live life right than to start living it today… by His strength… for His glory.
[written by Matthew Pryor]
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