57_Dangers of procrastination Ex 8:5-10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.” 9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.” 10 And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. J.C. Ryle, the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool, once said, "Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow." These words reveal one of the most dangerous spiritual pitfalls—procrastination. We may have the best intentions. Our desire may be to obey God. But the depth and sincerity of that desire are suspect if we delay. Delay can cause us to miss the opportunities He places before us. Procrastination is more than poor time management; it often indicates unbelief, fear, or laziness, which has eternal consequences. In Exodus 8:5-10, we encounter a striking example of procrastination. Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt, was in the middle of a national crisis. Frogs had invaded the land. His palace, his officials' homes, and even the very beds of his people were infested. This was no minor inconvenience but a severe disruption of daily life. Convinced that this was a divine plague in retaliation for his deliberate disobedience to God’s command, Pharaoh summoned Moses and begged him to pray that God would remove the frogs. But when Moses asked Pharaoh to specify the timing for this deliverance, the astonishing answer was “Tomorrow.” Why would Pharaoh wait another day to be freed from such torment? It is baffling, yet this reflects a deeply ingrained human tendency. Pharaoh’s procrastination demonstrates the deceptive power of sin. Often, the evil one does not urge us to outright reject God but subtly persuades us to delay our obedience. “Tomorrow” becomes our default answer. As day follows day, our hearts grow harder, and our opportunities to respond diminish. Procrastination is no new phenomenon. In Acts 24, we read of the procrastination of Felix, the Roman governor of Judea. Felix was familiar with the ways of the Jews and convinced of Paul's innocence. Yet, instead of freeing Paul, Felix postponed the decision initially. Later, Felix and his wife Drusilla