At times, I can be a big procrastinator. And it can be counterintuitive because the things I procrastinate the most on are usually pretty important things to get done. I had friend in school who regularly had his assignments done a good three weeks before the due date if not before. We made fun of him and called him a nerd (mostly because we were envious, he was past the stress of the deadline). He explained it once, simply, as the way you feel one week out is how I feel three weeks out. In school we all had the same assignments; the stress and gravity of them just hit at different times.
I think it’s only natural to try and avoid things that cause stress in our lives. Unfortunately, if you tried to avoid EVERYTHING that caused you stress, you wouldn’t have much of a life. There are things that must get done. There are things that God is calling you to do. Not Christians, not people, not someone. You! You specifically have a call on your life, something that God has taught you through your experience or has gifted you naturally to do.
In Jeremiah 1, we see Jeremiah receive his call the way we would like to receive ours. Jeremiah 1:4-5, “4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
We think we would like to hear a voice from the heavens saying, “Hey you! Go do this.” But like Jeremiah, when you read the rest of the chapter, we would all immediately come up with reasons why we can’t. Offering up excuses doesn’t change your responsibility. You have a call to further the kingdom of heaven in a way that no one else can. The call can be scary. The call can be something that we want to put off until later. When the truth is, you know that God has called you to move.
You just need to start.