Elul Day 9
Psalm 27 is read aloud every day during these 40 days of repentance. Verse 1 says, in the Amplified Version: "… whom shall I fear or dread?" With the Covid pandemic crouching at our door, with the ever-changing restrictions and the morphing of new variants, it's easy for us to give in to fear. Reading Psalm 27 every day is a big help in our effort to refuse to fear because fear is not something a Believer should have. Our verse in the AMP version also mentions "dread," which is something just as bad as fear.
There are many things we dread having to do. I dread washing our balcony railing windows; mostly because I have to hang over the railing to do it – six floors up. So, I put it off for as long as I can and even when it gets difficult looking through the glass, I procrastinate just a little while longer.
Proverbs 13:4 "The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich."
1 Corinthians 14:40 "Let all things be done decently and in order."
We need to order our time and value our days. Whatever it is we need to do today we need to do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. There are many reasons why we put things off—apathy, fear, anxiety, uncertainty, habit, indifference, passive resistance, and/or just plain not-getting-around-to-doing-it. Whatever the reason, there are some things that are far too critical to put off until a more convenient time—especially putting our life right with God. Today is the only day we ever have, yesterday is gone forever, tomorrow may never come.
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