Post by Betty on Mar 8, 2005 5:52:33 GMT -5
Title: Faltering Between
Author: Woodrow Kroll
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How
long will you falter between two opinions? If
the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then
follow him." But the people answered him not a
word.
Faltering Between
A few years ago, USA Today carried the news that
the Procrastinators Club was planning to form a
political party, possibly in time for the
November elections. "Our party will be the most
harmonious of all the political parties," said
club president Les Waas. "If we ever disagree on
an issue, we'll never get around to discussing
it." Waas, an expert at public speaking, said
with tongue in cheek that the Procrastinator
Party would like to hold its nominating
convention by the first week in November. "If we
don't get it done until the second week, we might
ask the authorities to move the election back a
couple of weeks to accommodate us."
The people of Elijah's day were procrastinators
as well. The prophet confronted them with an
important decision. Would they follow the Lord,
or would they follow Baal? Their response to such
an ultimatum, however, was to stall. They refused
to answer.
Some things can be put off with no ultimate harm.
If we don't get our strawberries planted this
year, there's always next year. If we fail to get
around to reading this year's best-sellers, a new
list of them will be available in the future. But
the same can't be said for our spiritual lives.
The spiritual choices we fail to make will haunt
us for eternity.
Are you procrastinating when it comes to reading
your Bible? Have you put off spending time in
prayer? Is it possible you have never gotten
around to trusting Jesus Christ as your personal
Savior? If so, stop "faltering" and start making
the spiritual decisions that will make a
difference for eternity. No one else can make
these decisions for you. Make them today!
<iNot to decide is to decide.
Author: Woodrow Kroll
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How
long will you falter between two opinions? If
the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then
follow him." But the people answered him not a
word.
Faltering Between
A few years ago, USA Today carried the news that
the Procrastinators Club was planning to form a
political party, possibly in time for the
November elections. "Our party will be the most
harmonious of all the political parties," said
club president Les Waas. "If we ever disagree on
an issue, we'll never get around to discussing
it." Waas, an expert at public speaking, said
with tongue in cheek that the Procrastinator
Party would like to hold its nominating
convention by the first week in November. "If we
don't get it done until the second week, we might
ask the authorities to move the election back a
couple of weeks to accommodate us."
The people of Elijah's day were procrastinators
as well. The prophet confronted them with an
important decision. Would they follow the Lord,
or would they follow Baal? Their response to such
an ultimatum, however, was to stall. They refused
to answer.
Some things can be put off with no ultimate harm.
If we don't get our strawberries planted this
year, there's always next year. If we fail to get
around to reading this year's best-sellers, a new
list of them will be available in the future. But
the same can't be said for our spiritual lives.
The spiritual choices we fail to make will haunt
us for eternity.
Are you procrastinating when it comes to reading
your Bible? Have you put off spending time in
prayer? Is it possible you have never gotten
around to trusting Jesus Christ as your personal
Savior? If so, stop "faltering" and start making
the spiritual decisions that will make a
difference for eternity. No one else can make
these decisions for you. Make them today!
<iNot to decide is to decide.
