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6-11-19 Tuesday

 

 

Look we are all hard up for some extra cash… So I tell you what, If you come over and mow my lawn I will give you a million dollars immediately - or I will give you a penny a day and double every day  for the month of July. You have to choose right now- what will it be! 

 

 

 

Are you tired of waiting?

The line at the store, for the next good job or promotion, to get married, to have more money, to lose weight, waiting sucks… or maybe not. It’s like saying you are tired of waiting on the crops that are planted… so tired of waiting I am just going to dig up the seeds and eat them - bad choice!

 

A PENNY A DAY - THE POWER OF DELAYED GRATIFICATION! 

 

Day 1: $.01

Day 2: $.02

Day 3: $.04

Day 4: $.08

Day 5: $.16

Day 6: $.32

Day 7: $.64

Day 8: $1.28

Day 9: $2.56

Day 10: $5.12

Day 11: $10.24

Day 12: $20.48

Day 13: $40.96

Day 14: $81.92

Day 15: $163.84

Day 16: $327.68

Day 17: $655.36

Day 18: $1,310.72

Day 19: $2,621.44

Day 20: $5,242.88

Day 21: $10,485.76

Day 22: $20,971.52

Day 23: $41,943.04

Day 24: $83,886.08

Day 25: $167,772.16

Day 26: $335,544.32

Day 27: $671,088.64

Day 28: $1,342,177.28

Day 29: $2,684,354.56

Day 30: $5,368,709.12

Day 31: $10,737,418.24

 

I once heard an incredible man by the name of Stephen Glenn make this statement (he was a child psychologist I believe) he said “Delayed gratification is the most definitive QUALITY in a persons life to earmark their passage into healthy adulthood.” Basically he said the more you are able to delay gratification the more mature and capable you are to handle life- you are truly an adult of the highest caliber. 

 

How you doing with delayed gratification.

Got a credit card? How many expenses are just wants and not emergencies?

How many clothes in the closet you never wear anymore! 

How many hobbies you start and not finish, how many projects?

How is that diet going?

How many times have you used your gym membership?

… I could keep going. But lets get to what we see in scripture.

 

 

When we study the life of Moses, we see a man who had to learn how to delay gratification, had to learn to wait… here are a few things that stand out in his life. 

Delayed gratification:

  1- I am not going to get my way

  - 2 I will have to wait longer than I expected

  - 3 In waiting I am acknowledging that God is in charge

  -4 Waiting announces that Gods got a perfect will and it’s not yours

  -5 Waiting announces that Gods got perfect timing and its not yours

 

 

If you read through the book of Exodus you may get the impression that Moses had a fast track to being in charge. 

 

His first 40 years was in the presence of the King, having the best of everything.

The next 40 we may miss… he was a shepherd… 40 years in the desert!

The next 40 years he wandered in the desert with the children of Israel.

BUT IN ALL THIS WAITING GREAT THINGS HAPPENED: 

He faced Pharaoh and his magicians 

He was the instrument that brought the people out of Egypt 

He was the one chosen to bring the ten commandments

He was the greatest leader in scripture next to Jesus

 

But in all the waiting… he was called the most humble man on earth. The waiting, the delayed gratification is what brought the greatest impact on his life! 

 

Remember what I always say: life is an adventure… the only way to live it to it’s fullest is by faith in Jesus. Trust him, walk in the peace that he will have his way if you just quit trying to rush things and worship him in your actions, thoughts and life!