EXCUSES WILL HINDER YOUR DREAMS

I hated Sunday afternoons. As a pastor's child, we most likely had more people with us at home- it means extra dishes to wash! It means less time to play. I was scared of the dishes. Anytime I am called to come and wash, my excuse was simple: “Let everyone finish eating. I will wash it all together”.

By the time everyone finishes eating, and I see the heap of plates in the kitchen sink, I become scared of the task. I find another excuse to run away from the house for a bit! No matter how long I stay away, wishing someone else would get it done, I always return to that heap of unwashed plates.

I realised eventually that no matter what, “Excuses, wishes and running away do not fix the task. I must do it”.

If your dreams will see the light of day, you must deal with the spirit that makes excuses and shifts responsibility. You must own it!

One of the first things that Moses used in his attempt not to return to Egypt to run a divine assignment was excuses:

Let us check some out-

- They will not listen to me.

“But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”

Exodus 4:1 NLT

At a point on the journey of our dreams, we would have to speak to strangers or people we probably feel unconnected to at first. It could be tough, but that is not an excuse. Never say " No " on people’s behalf.

- I am a stammerer. I am not gifted for this.

“But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

Exodus 4:10 NLT

I know you have also felt this way. You feel you are not gifted for that level. Someone else should do the work and not you. You want to run away. Beloved, those who are doing it are also doing it afraid. Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the ability to act in spite of it!

- Please, can you send somebody else?

“But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”

Exodus 4:13 NLT

Everybody wants somebody else to go.

Refuse to be like the lazy man in the book of Proverbs:

“The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 22:13 NKJV

Deal with excuses today!

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa