{"id":2991,"date":"2011-09-06T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pender.org.uk\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2012-07-16T11:41:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T10:41:16","slug":"where-theres-a-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pender.org.uk\/index.php\/2011\/09\/where-theres-a-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Where there’s a will"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you a procrastinator? I don’t know whether I am or not – I’ll tell you tomorrow.<\/p>\n

We probably all are, to some extent, some of us more expert than others. It will always depend on the issue at hand, I suppose. I know that I am more prone to procrastinate in a matter which isn’t going to be pleasant or easy – even if I know that, in the\u00a0long\u00a0run, it will be good for me. I used to be a very heavy smoker, and I wanted to stop for so many years, but kept putting it off. Eventually my health became so bad that I had no\u00a0alternative but to stop. Even then, I\u00a0put\u00a0it off until New Year’s Day! It wasn’t easy – I never thought it would be – but it wasn’t as hard as I imagined. 18 years later I am wealthier and healthier, and I sometimes wonder why I didn’t do it earlier.<\/p>\n

But I still put things off, but perhaps more subtly.<\/p>\n

I might just do that. I’ll get back to you. Maybe we can meet for coffee. I’m busy just now, but I will get it done.<\/p>\n

I will. It’s the future tense, but it often doesn’t come with a display-until date, or a best-before date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I will – but in many cases I’m not very willing.<\/p>\n

The word “will” has a number of different meanings –<\/p>\n

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    \n
  1. am (is, are, etc.) about or going to: I will be there tomorrow. She will see you at dinner.<\/li>\n
  2. am (is, are, etc.) disposed or willing to: People will do right.<\/li>\n
  3. am (is, are, etc.) expected or required to: You will report to the principal at once.<\/li>\n
  4. may be expected or supposed to: You will not have forgotten him. This will be right.<\/li>\n
  5. am (is, are, etc.) determined or sure to (used emphatically): You would do it. People will talk.
    (Source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    But there’s another definition. It’s the one where it is a promise which you know will never be broken. It’s a guarantee, a word that you can trust in, rely on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    The\u00a0 Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
    I will protect those who trust in my name.
    When they call on me, I will answer;
    I will be with them in trouble.
    I will rescue and honor them.
    I will reward them with a long life
    and give them my salvation.”
    ( Ps 91:14-16, NLT)<\/p>\n

    Have a look again. There are no maybes, no perhapses. The only might that is there is the might, the strength, of the One who WILL.<\/p>\n

    When you are in trouble and can’t see a way out, turn to him, because where there’s His will there’s a way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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