When
the people of Israel were in slavery to Pharaoh, God sent different
plagues to try to convince him to let them go. One of the plagues was a
plague of frogs! The people were so miserable that Pharaoh finally
said, “Moses, we’ve learned our lesson. The Israelites may go. Please
ask your God to take away these frogs.” Moses said, “I’ll do it,
Pharaoh. When do you want it to happen?” You would think Pharaoh would
say, “Right now!” But no, Pharaoh said, “Take them away tomorrow.” He
was saying, “We can put up with these frogs just one more night.”
How many times do we do the same thing? “Jane,
I’m going to forgive, but I’m going to do it tomorrow. I’m going to
have a better attitude. I’m going to quit worrying...tomorrow.” We’re
saying like Pharaoh, “I can put up with this addiction, this mediocrity
one more day.” No, our attitude should be,
“I’m not going to spend one more night with the frogs, putting up with
things that are not God’s best.”
Why
don’t you start today? Today, make the change. Today, choose to
forgive. Today, stop worrying. Today, get in shape. Today, take a step
of faith. Shake off passivity and procrastination and get rid of
anything that would hold you back!
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