Procrastination

[391 words] We all have a problem with procrastination from time to time. Have you ever put off writing a term paper, paying a bill, purchasing Christmas gifts, mowing your yard, completing a house project, cleaning your house, doing the laundry, or filing your tax return? While procrastination in these and other areas will not cost you your life, there is at least one area where procrastination poses an extreme danger. Toward the end of Acts 24, we find Felix and his wife Drusilla sending for Paul. They wanted to hear him speak about “faith in Christ Jesus” (vs. 24). Paul gave them what they wanted, discussing such things as ”righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come.” Yet, before Paul could finish, Felix stopped him and said, ”Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you” (vs. 25). The inspired record gives us no indication…