Why Every Second Counts

Hi everyone,

I admire the animal cheetah especially when they go out to hunt, they run as fast as 80-120 km/h to catch a prey, but even with their speed, they can only do this for a short burst because they would get tired when they don’t get the prey with particular seconds, so for the cheetah, every second count.

Many times we often wonder why we make plans and they eventually don’t work out. This could be quite frustrating especially if the plan was to achieve a particular goal. There are many reasons why these plans don’t work and one of it would be that you didn’t do what Proverbs 16:3 says which is, “Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.” This is important because, “A man’s heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.” But we find out that even when these are done some still find their plans not working, what could be wrong. I asked this question a long time ago and the Holy Spirit revealed to me what was wrong, and that is what I intend to share with you today.

First of all, a man is literarily blind when it comes to knowing the future, I didn’t say predicting the future. All man has been doing is to predict the future based on the experiences of others who had taken the route they intend taking, but if it was that easy, the world wouldn’t have anything going wrong because all they have to do is just follow the successful experiences of others. The reason as I said earlier is that man doesn’t know the future, this is why it is important to follow the guide of One (The word of God with the Holy Spirit as the guide) who knows the future and all its outcomes in order to achieve success in life. There is only one reason so far that would not make your plans work even after committing to the Lord and intending to follow His every step—PROCRASTINATION!

Procrastination is the grand master and number one thief of success. What many don’t take into consideration is that every second that is lost is lost and cannot be regained unless the Lord Himself gives you that thing which you were meant to achieve at that moment, and there is a reason why that would be done, (ref.: Joel 2:25).

Every plan is usually broken into bits, and by bits, it means each bit has its time of achievement. The moment you decide to delay in carrying out that part of your plan, that is the beginning of that plan not being actualised. A second loss in a day has made that day become 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds, it can never be 24 hours anymore because of every second count. What could be the reasons for procrastination?

The reasons could be simply put as distractions, which means that the time dedicated for a things was replaced by another that wasn’t part of the plan for that day, as a result of that the original time has been cut short and must be regained by sacrificing the time of another thing in order to achieve that which was cut short. However, many people give logical reasons that would sort of justifying why certain things were cut short. But still, there are things which are causes of procrastination, and some include: laziness e.g. sleeping when you’re meant to work, not placing one’s priorities right. Proverbs 20:4 says, “The lazy man will not plough because of winter; he will beg during harvest and have nothing.” Proverbs 6:10-11 says, “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.”

One thing we must understand is that procrastination slows down our spiritual growth, it keeps us from getting closer to God as we keep giving excuses for not studying the scriptures or praying or visiting or calling a person, excuses upon excuses, and this is what the devil likes, because if we don’t know it know it now, the devil creates obstacles for us to procrastinate. The Bible talks about the man in Psalms 1 that he meditates on the law day and night, he was focused and didn’t allow, the things in Psalms 1:1 to make him procrastinate.

The solution to procrastination goes back to Proverbs 16:3 which says, “Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.” You must know this that the Lord is ready to arrange your timetable if you allow Him to, the only issue here is that you must develop the drive in you to follow through what the Lord has established for you. We cannot have a perfect life without Him, He is our perfection, so just follow His directions for your life and you will see procrastination leave you. God would never set a timetable that you cannot achieve, He will always set things that suit you and only you. If you are finding it difficult in achieving your goals, go to Him, don’t think you can get it right by yourself. Remember, He has given you success, all you have to do is hold His hands as He takes you there.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

Log on next time.

For prayers and comment, send to the "post comment" section below.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)