How Does Procrastination Change Your Identity?

Procrastination has been characterized as the art of delay, which means to successfully put off doing a task until later or never. Biblical history credits God’s people with delaying to do what they knew was God’s will. Adam and Eve delayed confessing their sin to God until it could not be avoided.

Procrastination is defined as passive resistance rather than open rebellion. Passive resistance knows a task needs to be done, but it sabotages that commitment through delays caused by anxiety or by deliberate resistance.

Overcoming procrastination will change your identity as you permit God to redeem you with his unconditional love. Remember, God sent Jesus to redeem you from the irresponsibility of sin and its penalty. He chose you to be at work in his world to do what is set before you to do. If you cooperate with God, you will definitely be blessed with confidence.  

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There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life sets [you] free from the law of sin and death.

~Romans 8:1 New International Version

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Escaping the Negatives - Part 1

Making choices for positive change ultimately includes a change of attitude. A negative attitude might include thinking of oneself as inferior, bad, and undeserving of what God provides. Jamie, an intelligent professional woman, could not escape the negative thought patterns that robbed her of the peace and joy God makes available to every believer.

A negative attitude can be pervasive and contagious. Changing a negative self-perception necessitates a careful examination of guilt and its causes. Real guilt occurs when personal and religious values are violated and disregarded. False guilt occurs when a person feels unable to please others, or takes responsibility for those who are unwilling or unable to make necessary changes for a better life.

Romans 8:1 declares, "There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." 1 John 1:9 supports this truth by stating, "If we confess our sins, God faithfully forgives and cleanses us from all unrighteousness." The choice is to accept Christ Jesus and all he provides.