Don’t Wait
2 Samuel 20:4-5 – “Then said the king to Amasa, ‘Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”
One of the most difficult things to overcome as a student is the habit of procrastination. When a big test is coming up or a paper is about to be due, the tendency for the student is to jump onto YouTube or Netflix or Facebook and occupy his time with those things instead of investing it in studying. I must admit that I struggle with procrastination as well. For example, since last August I had been planning to take the MCAT but only when I felt ready after thorough study, but since then I have still yet to study for the MCAT in a diligent way. Clearly, procrastination is such a detriment to our lives here on earth, making us ineffective to doing anything.
In our passage today, we find that King David has just commanded a new general in his army Amasa to gather a group of men of Judah and to meet up with him. Here we find that Amasa obeyed quickly and went to gather a group of Judeans, as a good general would, but soon faltered by tarrying longer than he should. Amasa started well but in the middle began to give out and procrastinate. In the end, Amasa would be killed by Joab, another of David’s generals, as Amasa went to meet up Joab late. If Amasa had just obeyed diligently, he might have stayed alive and served David as his second-in-command. But due to his procrastination, he ended up paying the price with his life.
As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to obey the instructions and commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are found in His Word. We are asked to not only obey at the beginning and quickly but to coninue in our obedience to the very end and in God’s time. We need to learn to use our time wisely serving the Lord in the places that He has called us to. Ephesians 5:15-16 states, “See then that ye walk cicumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time…” We need to begin to use our lives for hte kingdom of God. Let us not procrastinate in the work that God has set for us. So if you hear him speaking to you to serve in a particular aspect, do not hesitate and wait it out, for if you do, your task will eventually fall to someone else.
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