Thank you for joining me in this blog. Here’s the plan. This year I plan to recap my previous week’s sermon. In addition, I hope to be able to give you a little extra. I trust that this format will benefit your walk if you have heard the sermon or if you have not. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
In order to communicate the truth of putting a stop to procrastination I shared the following story:
Years ago there lived a missionary named John in Hong Kong. John had a reputation for being able to get things done. Because of his reputation, the CEO of a toy squirt gun company offered him $200,000/year to go to work for the toy company. John turned the job down. When asked about it, he said he called it “living under the umbrella. If you get out from underneath the umbrella, you will get wet.” Great advice! Call it vision, purpose, focus, or living under the umbrella. If we are going to redeem the time, we must stay with it or else get sidetracked and waste a lot of time along the way. (Mark Demoss, The Little Red Book of Wisdom, 7-9.)
In order to “Live under the Umbrella,” Ephesians 5:15-20 gives us three distinct instructions.
1. We must follow the Lord’s will.
2. We must be filled with the Spirit.
3. We must focus our lives around worship.
Now, here’s the question for mid-week. What is your umbrella? What has God given you to do? What is the purpose of your life? We must get this figured out if we are going to solve the issue of procrastination in our lives.
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