Quick Note – Don’t Procrastinate when It Comes to the Work of God

2 Kings 12:4-8 – 4 Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money that a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” 6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. 7 Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” 8 So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

Most times when I write one of these quick notes, they aren’t very quick.  They actually are quite long and drawn out.  But today, something was pressing on me as I read my daily devotionals, and I wanted to share it without writing much more than necessary.  The reason for this is because what I read today directly applied to what I am doing now by writing this blog entry. 

In the passage today, Jehoash, the king of Judah, had asked the priests and Levites to use the money taken as a tax from the people to rebuild the Lord’s house.  The Temple, the place of worship to the Lord, had gone into disarray due to the previous kings and queen who did not serve God.  So the priests and Levites were given the simple job of repairing the parts of the Temple that needed to be fixed.  But rather than doing the work quickly, the priests did not make the repairs.  They kept sitting around and doing nothing instead.  In 2 Chronicles 24, which recounts the same incident, it sounds as if the priests and Levites didn’t even collect the money.  They did not do the work of God given to them when they had the opportunity.  So when Jehoash realized this, he rebuked the priests and gave the job to someone else. 

We as Christians and disciple of Jesus Christ are often prompted by God to do something for His kingdom.  Sometimes it is to share a devotional you read with a friend.  Sometimes it is to directly speak to someone about the Gospel.  Sometimes it is to pray for a loved one or even an enemy.  It could be to provide a meal for someone hungry, to drive a person who is in lack of transportation, and to even write a quick blog post to encourage fellow Christians to do the work of God.  When God gives us a job, we should not tarry and wait and procrastinate.  Rather we should quickly do the job, He has given us to do, lest that job be given to someone else.  I don’t know why God wanted me to write this blog post today, at this time, when I feel like I’m in a rush to do other things.  But nevertheless, He has a reason and that may be to prompt you to do something He’s been asking you to do as well.