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If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. James 4:17
In AD 79, around noon on August 24, the ancient Roman resort town of Pompeii came to a swift and sudden end when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Pompeii’s citizens were instantly preserved in their final acts, a few thousand men, women, and children memorialized in hardened, muddy ash. Vesuvius is still active, and another eruption is expected.
Europe’s only active volcano is a reminder that Jesus could come back any day. Scripture warns us to pay attention to the signs of the times, so we can warn non-believers and encourage other believers that “God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). You should be living each day for God, and every day like it might be your last.
But here’s the problem: most people put things off. There’s an ongoing battle between the part of you that knows how to make mature, responsible decisions and the part that wants to do that thing over there. Even the urgency of impending apocalypse pales before the tyranny of YouTube and Candy Crush.
In between “breaks,” though, identify what it is that paralyzes you: indecisiveness, perfectionism, fear, or laziness. Once you’ve narrowed it down, then you know what to pray for. God will help you get focused and back on task.
In AD 79, around noon on August 24, the ancient Roman resort town of Pompeii came to a swift and sudden end when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Pompeii’s citizens were instantly preserved in their final acts, a few thousand men, women, and children memorialized in hardened, muddy ash. Vesuvius is still active, and another eruption is expected.
Europe’s only active volcano is a reminder that Jesus could come back any day. Scripture warns us to pay attention to the signs of the times, so we can warn non-believers and encourage other believers that “God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). You should be living each day for God, and every day like it might be your last.
But here’s the problem: most people put things off. There’s an ongoing battle between the part of you that knows how to make mature, responsible decisions and the part that wants to do that thing over there. Even the urgency of impending apocalypse pales before the tyranny of YouTube and Candy Crush.
In between “breaks,” though, identify what it is that paralyzes you: indecisiveness, perfectionism, fear, or laziness. Once you’ve narrowed it down, then you know what to pray for. God will help you get focused and back on task.
