John Stanko

TOPIC: Time and Obedience

"You hate my instruction
    and cast my words behind you" - Psalm 50:17.

You are probably thinking, "That's not true of me; I would never do that!" Yet if the Lord gave You a word or an assignment and you did not act on it, every day you delay would mean that the assignment is that much further behind you. Thus in a sense you would have cast His word behind you by not incorporating it into your daily allotment of time as you move on with your life. Have you cast any of the Lord's words to you behind you? Are you delaying on implementing some discipline, act, or project? How far in your past is that item deposited? What are you prepared to do about it?

Lord, the very thought of hating your instruction is repulsive, yet that is just what I have done by not acting today on what You have told me. What's more, I am in danger of forgetting altogether what You have said since I have not acted on it in so long. Forgive me and help me get it back!