The Someday Syndrome

I am not a fan of taking your sermon from someone else's publication, but I have to say I was recently challenged quite significantly by a section I found in Kerry and Chris Shook's book, "One Month to Live". In this best-seller they share a concept they developed to bring new life and vigor to their pastoral staff. The thought process was simple: challenge the staff to approach life and ministry for a thirty day period as though it were their last month to live. The results were staggering. However, during my time reading I found myself being challenged the most by one lingering sub-heading that refused to leave my mind: "The Someday Syndrome". This portion of the Shook family's writing focuses on the simple reality that millions of people are paralyzed by the idea that "someday" they will finally seek to accomplish their destiny. People suffering from this syndrome typically have conversations with themselves and others that sound something like this, "Someday, I will..." or "Someday, I'm going to..." Yet, in most cases SOMEDAY never comes!

Amazingly, words within the pages of a book (that I never had any intentions of reading) led me to be free from what can only be termed, "The Someday Syndrome". Now I challenge you to break the chains of this paralyzing spiritual condition, as well. After all, aren't you tired of being sick and tired? Isn't it time to finally, LIVE???

Jesus promised us an abundant life and yet so many of us settle for so much less than abundance in expectancy! We go through life hum-drum. Living with dulled senses and bored participatory acts rather than having a heart filled with excitement about what God has next for us. Furthermore, most of us live a lie. Frequently and deceptively telling ourselves that, "Someday, I'm going to really LIVE!"

Look around... You are blessed! As a matter of fact, the reason most of us are so numb is because we so often casaully and unappreciatively meander through temporal paradises. It is time to: SEEK the face of God. SEARCH your heart. SANCTIFY your life and STAND for the cause of Christ! In doing so, I promise you that you will stop saying, "Someday, I'm going to..." And as a benefactory result: you will find something worth DYING for which will lead you to find something worth LIVING for!

"A man who refuses to find something worth dying for, will never find anything worth living for..." --Anonymous