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Deuteronomy 1:6-8 – “The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turn you, and take your journey…” There are quite a few examples of people in the Bible who were stuck in a rut.

The people of Israel knew all about it as the trekked around the wilderness for 40 years, going around in circles, never getting anywhere and becoming thoroughly bored with the same old routine day after day.

They longed for some change, even if it was in their diet. Their existence had become boring, routine and aimless. Eventually they would die and be buried in the sand. Their whole existence had become without purpose and meaning while they simply waited to die.
Many Christian’s lives are just like that – meaningless, boring and aimless as they simply wait to die.

But our God is a God of advancement. He is not a God of stagnancy, aimlessness, procrastination, and inactivity.  He is not a God that is directionless and plan-less. When the children of Israel got too comfortable on Mount Horeb, never wanting to move forward, God told them to GET STARTED and take the next step of their journey.

Just like the Biblical children of Israel, most of us know the things we ought to do and we don't do them. We know the things we shouldn't do and we do those. But things that we really want to change in our lives, we procrastinate on.

The next time we find ourselves procrastinating, let’s stop and ask ourselves why. Then we should ask God to help us overcome it so we can move forward and do what we need to do.
You will have good success this 2018. 
Remain blessed. Shalom.