Apathy, doubt, procrastination, indecision, ‘maybes’, ‘what-ifs’ and ‘impossible’ are children of the same parents, Mr. Fear and Mrs. ‘Laid-Back’.
Their hobby is to sit around enjoying the cool breeze of the graveyard where everything is quiet and predictable. They have given up on life, the excitement and suspense of new challenges and sweetness of battles-won. They sit around singing ”Que sera sera’ – whatever will be, will be’. They are content with getting by, they deceive themselves, believing they are immune from shock and crisis.
How wrong they are. ‘Woe to them who are at ease in Zion’, ‘When they say there is peace and quiet, then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains, and they will not escape’, ‘Moab has been at ease since his Youth; He has also been undisturbed, like wine on its dregs, And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, And his aroma has not changed.’ (Amos 6:1, Thess. 5:3,1 Jer 48:11).
My fervent prayer today is; ‘Lord – do not allow me rest in the place of the dead , when I am supposed to be among the living, pulsating with life. Refresh me when I am tired, Nudge me when I am taking it too easy, push me when I refuse to move.’
I refuse to die off in my daytime. In fact I will never die. I live to die no more, I have the life of God in me. I am alive in Christ for evermore, redeeming the time, not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
‘Laolu Oyeyemi
Keep on working, great job!