Laziness & Excuses
Warning: If you are not a fan of some serious and raw self-reflection… Stop Reading Here. If you don’t mind it when someone is real about their flaws and what God is exposing in them this post is for you.
It’s hitting me as I get alone with God this morning that I am in a season where He is exposing to me my greatest weaknesses and the things that are hindering me as a follower of Christ and a leader. The most recent one that is coming to the surface is my tendency to make excuses and be lazy… Now let me explain because for those that know me you are most likely thinking how can she be lazy she’s always so busy but I’m not talking about my actions I’m talking about my heart.
There are so many times there is a task, school project or work project set before me that I will procrastinate on or wait until my back is so against the wall that it is not possible to do it with both excellence and on time so I choose to do one of a few things not do it or make an excuse about how it’s not done or do it halfway just to get by. Here’s what I’m realizing though is that God hasn’t called me to do things halfway or just because He needs me to do them. He has called me to do things for His glory and if I am not going to do them that way He is more than willing to find someone else who will!
My heart of laziness and procrastination is way overdue for a prune and God is using this season to expose the things that are dead and rotting in my life in order that I may act, learn, grow and become more of the woman and follower of Christ that I am created to be. God doesn’t want my excuses, they actually disgust Him. God doesn’t want me to tell Him to wait a minute before I pursue the task set before me, my procrastination is simply delayed obedience which is disobedience. God doesn’t want me halfway… He wants my everything. And it is at this point where I realize that my Savior has loved me in my sin, is giving me the opportunity to grow, and is guiding me to pursue Him more deeply…
But that growth requires a choice to allow Him to prune away my rotting branches so that I may become more fruitful for Him… And today that is the choice I’m making. God prune me, expose my rotting branches, and then strengthen me to become the woman You created me to be!
