let's read the bible.

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00:00the bible teaches men the consequence of procrastination if that's you bro don't

00:05skip past this video you give me three minutes i'm going to show you how the bible tells you

00:09why you procrastinate and how to solve it proverbs chapter 24 verse 30 starts i went by the field of

00:17the lazy man and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding now before we break down this

00:23first verse let's talk about the original meaning of procrastination so the word procrastination

00:29comes from the latin root procrastinus which literally means to push forward to tomorrow

00:35now the question becomes why would a man push something forward to tomorrow because the bible

00:41verse says he's devoid of understanding understanding means to comprehend deeply and to process with

00:48clarity it means that you know the reason why when and how you're doing something so to bring this all

00:54together bro the reason why you're procrastinating you don't know why you're doing what you're doing

00:59and when you don't know why you're doing what you're doing you lack urgency you push things off you don't

01:06have a vision you don't understand the consequences associated to not doing it today so follow me here

01:13we know that a man procrastinates because he lacks understanding and that lack of understanding is not

01:18knowing why he's doing something and the question becomes how do i gain an understanding of what i'm doing

01:24a couple things you can do number one i need you to clearly write down what is it that you're trying

01:29to accomplish write it down and number two why are you trying to accomplish this and then number three

01:35what's the first step you need to do in order to start getting this thing moving when you write it

01:40down it now becomes a plan that you can understand now failure to understand brings consequence and that's

01:46where proverbs chapter 24 verse 31 says and there was all overgrown with thorns its surface was covered

01:54with nestles and its stone walls was broken down this is what happens when a man procrastinates you don't

02:01die overnight it's a very slow and silent death it's like a drip that's happening inside of the walls

02:07that ultimately turns into water damage and now it costs ten thousand dollars to fix when you could have

02:13just solved the drip when you saw it the first time and that's why the old saying goes which you

02:18ignore today will cost you big time tomorrow now in verse 32 it says when i saw it i considered it well

02:24i looked on it and received instruction in street turns bro that means study what procrastination does

02:31to a man there's many examples out there and you gotta say to yourself i learned from that and i'm not

02:37gonna go out that way it ends off by saying a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands

02:43to rest so shall your poverty come like a prowler and your need like an armed man this is a warning

02:49shot bro because procrastination is silent but the consequences are violent write down your plan

02:55get understanding start taking action bro if this was valuable share this with the brother who needs it