{"id":23797,"date":"2020-01-14T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23797"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:18:56","slug":"if-you-wait-for-perfect-conditions-you-will-never-get-anything-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23797","title":{"rendered":"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tope Banso<\/strong>
\n\u201cIf you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done\u201d (Ecclesiastes 11:4 New Living Translation).
\nApostle John, writing in 1 John 2:7-8, says, \u201cDear friends, I am not writing a new commandment, for it is an old one you have always had, right from the beginning. This commandment \u2014 to love one another \u2014 is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new. This commandment is true in Christ and is true among you, because the darkness is disappearing and the true light is already shining\u201d (New Living Translation).
\nJohn said he wasn\u2019t writing a new commandment, but also said he was writing a new commandment. Was he contradicting himself? No. It\u2019s both old and new. He was simply saying that he was reminding the brethren of the commandment that had been communicated to them before. Though he wasn\u2019t sharing with them an entirely new commandment, Jesus\u2019 teaching on it was deeper.
\nMany people like to hear new things, but I am interested in what they did with what they had heard in the past. If there is any truth worth reiterating at this time, it is this: stop procrastinating. I have said it before and I need to repeat it today. It can make a difference between this year and the previous years in your life. English\u00a0poet, Edward Young\u00a0(1683-1765), said: \u201cProcrastination is the thief of time.\u201d But beyond that, procrastination is the thief of destiny.
\nThe reason some people have not been able to make progress in life is procrastination \u2013 the negative habit of putting till a later date what one should have done. This could be because of laziness or because one was looking forward to a perfect time, which would never come. If you wait for a perfect time, you may wait till eternity.
\nThis New Year, which is the beginning of a new decade, don\u2019t postpone till a later date what you\u2019re supposed to do today. The only perfect time is the time God is telling you to do something. It\u2019s not the time when everything looks good, when you have much money for the project, when you have plenty of time, when everybody is supporting you, etc.
\nThere are things that are better done when you\u2019re young. To try to do them when you\u2019re old could somehow be difficult, or sometimes be humanly impossible. Hosea 7:9b says, \u201cIsrael is like an old man with graying hair, unaware of how weak and old he has become\u201d (New Living Translation). Idolatry had sapped their strength. Old age would make you weak and unable to do certain things.
\nOnce the Spirit of God is moving you to do something now, go ahead to do it, even if physically speaking, it appears the time is not right. The time in future may even be \u2018worse.\u2019 Don\u2019t hide under tomorrow; every tomorrow soon becomes today. \u201cProcrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried\u201d (Anonymous).
\nPossess your possession now! Stop postponing the action you should take. Enough of unending planning \u2013 start! Joshua said to the children of Israel, \u201cHow long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers has given you?\u201d (Joshua 18:3 New King James Version). They were to begin to possess the land already given to them by God \u2013 no more delay; it was time for action.
\nYou must know the time to pray and the time to act out your faith. There is spiritual work, and there is physical work. One can never be a substitute for the other. Pray, but be sure you also take physical steps that are appropriate as you\u2019re led by God. Only then will you succeed. \u201cBegin to weave and God will give you the thread\u201d (German proverb).
\nWhen Moses was crying to God before the Red Sea, God didn\u2019t say he should pray more. In fact, He rebuked him for crying to Him! It wasn\u2019t time for more prayer or more crying to God; it was time for the right action! \u201cThen the LORD said to Moses, \u2018Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! Use your shepherd’s staff \u2014 hold it out over the water, and a path will open up before you through the sea. Then all the people of Israel will walk through on dry ground\u201d (Exodus 14:15-16 New Living Translation).
\nDon\u2019t wait for big bucks (a lot of money) before you start; start with the little you have. It\u2019s your seed for breakthrough. Think big but start small. Look from where you are; start from where you are, not from where someone else is (Genesis 13:14).
\nDon\u2019t wish you have this or that; use what you have. Don\u2019t despise your five loaves of bread and two small fish (Matthew 14:17; John 6:9). Don\u2019t despise the little oil in your house (2 Kings 4:2). Don\u2019t call your pot of oil \u201cnothing.\u201d Don\u2019t go and bury your one talent (Matthew 25:24-25).
\nYou may have read me in the past say start writing that book, that project, that course, that training, that business, etc. now! But did you do anything about it? Reading it is not enough; doing is what is important. Don\u2019t wait for a better time. There may be no better time than now.
\nEveryday has its own trouble. Jesus said, \u201cToday’s trouble is enough for today\u201d (Matthew 6:34b New Living Translation). Paul said, \u201cMake the most of every opportunity for doing good in these evil days\u201d (Ephesians 5:16 New Living Translation). Stop procrastinating!
\nIf you\u2019re not born again, repent of your sins today and accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. Whoever comes to Him, He will by no means cast out.
\nPRAYER POINT: Father, deliver me from procrastination this year. Help me not to waste or miss my opportunities.<\/strong>
\nThis is wisdom for living, and it\u2019s worth sharing. Please share.
\n(For over 250 in-depth and insightful messages by T.O. Banso, visit: www.cedarministry.org).
\n\u25aa Banso, Cedar Ministry International, Abuja,cedarministryintl@yahoo.com, cedarministryng@gmail.com
\nTel No: +2348155744752, +2348033113523 ; WhatsApp No: +2349081295947<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tope Banso \u201cIf you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done\u201d (Ecclesiastes 11:4 New Living Translation). Apostle John, writing in 1 John 2:7-8, says, \u201cDear friends, I am not writing a new commandment, for it is an old one you have always had, right from the beginning. This commandment \u2014 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}