Ok, I missed yesterday...trying to catch up
You know...last night I was standing at the kitchen sink when I realized that I hadn't done my blog for the day...
I said..."I need to go get my laptop so I can do my blog"...a commitment to me so that I would be able to chronicle my journey into womanhood...
And I said...No, I don't feel like it...and I didn't...and that was wrong.
It wasn't wrong to say that I didn't feel like getting it...the wrong came in when I didn't do it.
See, what I have tried to do is everything that I don't want to to do because that's the only way that I can reverse the habit. I had been asking the Lord to help me with laziness. (umm hmm)
I want to escape it because it's keeping me away from some things that I want in my life. (yep)
Some people call it procrastination....I think that's the polite term.
For me it's plain lazy...I get upset when I tell my child to do something and he does it "half-way"
But what I have recognized is that he is only mocking what I do. It may not be in the same fashion but it's the same idea.
Check this out...You are at work and you take the last cup of coffee...Do you start a new pot or do you leave it for the next person...
My initial thought is start a new pot...because I know that's what's right...but the laziness in me says...it can wait...when actually it can't! I don't know when the next person will come to get a cup and I don't know who it will be.
Whose to say that while I'm standing there preparing to make a new pot, the CEO comes to get a cup of coffee, we start talking and from that few minutes I get the promotion! Sounds far fecthed but it could happen.
Check out Joseph's story of promotion .
Joseph was the son of Jacob (aka Israel) . He was sold into slavery by his brothers and put in jail for something that he hadn't done. (See Genesis 37:27 & 39:7-23) Instead of acting in bitterness, he found favor with the warden and was placed over the other prisoners (1st promotion) (See Genesis 39:20-23). As a prisoner in charge of other prisoners, we can imagine the hatred that Joseph faced, not only because of the warden's favor but because he was a Jew (believer) placed in authority over Egyptians (Non-Believers). Despite the bitterness surrounding him, coming toward him, he was able to look past his hurt and see the hurt of two prisoners, the King's baker and cupbearer, who would eventually be his ticket out (See Genesis 40 & 41).
When David gave the interpretations of the dreams, he was only doing what was right. He didn't know what would come of his obidence, he just knew what he was supposed to do, and he did it.
Can you imagine how difficult it was for Joseph to push past his pain and cater to the needs of everyone around him inspite of what he was facing?
He decided to start a new pot of coffee every chance he got and eventually that new pot of coffee got him a seat in the high court. Second in command only to the king of Egypt.
What a prize! What a reward for obedience! To be able to sit next to the King of Glory only because of obedience to the Word of God. Choosing to do what's right inspite of how I feel!
Make that fresh pot of coffee, for you never know who the next drinker will be! (Promotion!)
Choose Life!
Be Blessed in Jesus Name.
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