I Choose Today to Take Action
“So he got up and came to his father…” Luke 15:20a AMP I find that I am a procrastinator. I even took pride in my ability to excel at tasks when done last minute (because I procrastinated). Then the Lord convicted me to be a servant of action. He made me realize that my procrastination, which is essentially delayed obedience, amounted to disobedience. I heard a saying “delayed obedience is disobedience.” This phrase convicted me. I tried to intentionally teach this “rule” when raising my daughter. I never counted to three because that promotes delaying obedience. I did this bc I wanted her to live a life that was immediately responsive to God’s voice, to God’s prompting, to God’s calling,… to God. God, in His proactive love, demonstrated His mercy to us even while we were still sinners. He took action by sending Christ to die for us, providing a way for our reconciliation with Him after the fall in the garden. I want to be an imitator of God by being a person of action, not of procrastination. This is not different when it comes to my sin. When I have my AHA moment (sudden awakening) and I am