Potential to Wander

Everyone has the potential to wander in our Christian Life when we come to a fork in the road. One road leads to an exciting life with God and the other to a destructive life in the way of the world controlled by Satan. As soon as we realize we are on the wrong road and confess our going down the wrong road, then we have the ability to return to and stay on track with God!

As Christians, we have something better from God in our life! We have the gentle and loving voice of God’s Holy Spirit nudging us like a loving parent. If we’d pay attention to the leading of the Holy Spirit instead taking an ego trip down any road we choose, like we know better, we would be able to hear the voice of the Lord or sense His prompting.

Poor Decisions Leads People astray

This is a simple but profound truth. The greater you reverence the Lord and His Word whom we know we should revere, the more you experience that prompting of your heart to be aware and stay in His will for your life.

Not everyone goes astray because of willful sin. Sometimes poor decisions or slothfulness and procrastination get us there.

Procrastination is Such a Thief

The things people put off are most often small things that would raise the quality of their life and bring them greater satisfaction, inner peace, and joy. The reasons we put things off are most often born out of fear or laziness or a lack of routine disciplines. And they rob us!

Sometimes God is leading, nudging, or prompting you to get a task done or to reach out to someone with an act of kindness. If you procrastinate out of fear or laziness, you’ll never discover why.

Learning to recognize God’s voice

It is important to remember that when God nudges or prompts us to do or not do something, it is usually for our protection from hurt and pain or to lead us to a miraculous blessing.

Learning to recognize God’s voice and respond, helps build godly character. It helps you experience satisfaction in knowing that you are disciplined in following your heart to do what you know you should. Overcoming fears through faith in God’s help accomplishes the same.

Feeling That Nudge from God

Have you ever been looking for something in your garage and couldn’t find it because the garage was somewhat messy and disorganized? Have you felt that nudge of God to clean the garage? I have, and it was a perfect thought because the weather was poor outside and I had the time to do it.

By the time I was done, the garage looked so neat and orderly! I know that sounds crazy, but I was so blessed and felt so great when I had finished!  I was so glad I had followed that nudge from the Holy Spirit to do so!

What Has God Nudged You About Lately

What has God nudged you about lately? Is it visiting your parents, going to church, doing your exercises, cleaning that closet, garage or laundry room, writing in your journal, forgiving and repairing that relationship, reading your Bible and praying, or writing that note or thank you card?

Or maybe you’ve ignored that nudge from God to quit doing something you know in your heart is not right and takes you outside of His perfect will for your life.

Ignoring God’s Promptings

Can you understand that procrastination or ignoring God’s promptings of any kind steals from the character development of revering and obeying the leading of the Holy Spirit? And it steals the joy that you would otherwise experience in doing them!

When Nicodemus faced Jesus, he wanted to procrastinate or put off what he knew in his heart he should do—accept Jesus’ word as truth. Jesus confronted Nicodemus and will confront you too. One way to grow closer to God is to do something every day that will lead you closer to God. Another way is to renew your mind in the Word every day.

Maybe He’s confronting you right now! Don’t procrastinate. Don’t be lazy. Don’t put off what God’s been speaking to you about! As the saying goes; Just do it!

Proverbs 6:4 (NLT) “Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.”