The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Proverbs 13:4

Recommended Reading

Colossians 3:18-25

Warwick Business School conducted a study about the effect of procrastination on grades. Most students (86 percent according to the Warwick study) wait until the last day to turn in assignments. But researchers at Warwick demonstrated that a student’s grades dropped for each hour spent in procrastination. Papers turned in during the last sixty seconds received, on average, a significantly lower grade.1

Who hasn’t put off assignments! But as we mature in life—and as we grow in Christ—we move from procrastination to productivity. Somehow, the Spirit within us fuels our energy, making us heed the counsel of Colossians 3:23: “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.”

Is there a project you’re putting off? A letter you should write? A task you should tackle? A decision you should make? Napoleon Hill once quipped, “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”

Don’t allow procrastination to rob you of success. Be diligent, and God will grant you success.

The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today.

Dale Carnegie, in How To Stop Worrying and Start Living

1www.dailyhelmsman.com/news/procrastination-leads-to-lower-grades-study-says/article_08b13670-c9d0-11e5-bf9e-c3abd0e3312e.html.

Read-Thru-the-Bible

Psalms 107 – 111

 

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