Procrastination

II Kings 12:6 But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

Procrastination may not be the major “vice” of a lot of people, but I see it in some form or other, at one level or another, in every person and in most situations.  It is something we all have to guard against all the time.  We do not know what the reasons were for the long delay in repairing the temple in King Joash’s time, but something kept the priests from carrying out the repairs.  It was not lack of funds.  Offering had been brought regularly.  It was not lack of support.  The King had spearheaded the idea.  Perhaps it was lack of leadership planning.  No one appears to have been named as being in charge of the repairs.  Or perhaps the priests did not want to deplete the treasury.  We do not know the reasons but the result was the same … the repairs did not get done for 23 years.  It was God’s house that suffered from human procrastination.  My prayer for myself is that I will never allow procrastination to keep me from doing what God’s plan is for my life.