I will hasten and not delay
to obey your commands.
—Psalm 119:60
If a parent tells their child to do something and the kid says, “Maybe later,” you have a disobedient child and an unhappy parent.
Do you ever respond to God that way? A command is presently difficult or uncomfortable. You don’t say “No,” but do you put it in the “Maybe later” file?
When God tells you to do something, he expects you to do it now.
When Jesus recruited his first disciples, they responded without hesitation: Jesus said to them, “Come follow me . . . So Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him” (Mk 1:17, 18 NCV).
If there is anything the Lord has commanded that you intend to do someday, reconsider and do it now. “Without delay I hurry to obey your commands” (Ps 119:60 TEV).
Delayed obedience is disobedience.