James 4:17
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
How many times have I procrastinated, and not done what I know to do, but put it off? How often have I heard God's "voice" quietly in my spirit, and discounted it as just my own idea, or say, "Yes, I'll do that, after I finish this," then forget about it? How prone I am to "miss the mark" and put my own ideas and agenda before God's clear instructions!
God showed us way back in the beginning of human history that just knowing what was right would not make us do what was right, but put our own wants and desires ahead of everyone and everything else, regardless of the cost. Mankind became so evil and violent in every thought every day, that God sent The Flood, saving Noah to start over with him.
Now God has written His Law right in our hearts, and given us His Spirit to live in us to make us spiritually alive and teach us what is right and strengthen us to follow through with doing what is right. So we really don't have any excuse.
O my Father, thank you for Your endless mercies and amazing grace, to give us Your very Spirit to cleanse us, teach us and strengthen us. Please help me to recognize Your voice as You speak into my spirit; to listen to what You are saying, and to obey You instantly. Remind me to not put off doing what You want me to do, and help me by demolishing all my excuses before I give them. Embolden me to say Your words to those who need to hear them, in compassion and concern, in gentleness and meekness. And may I continue to seek Your face every day until that Day!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
