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TASKS



Today I want to talk to you about TASKS…
GOD gives us all life tasks..Tasks we have to complete in our life.
Maybe you think you are not one of those people who finish your things..It is hard for you to do this; sometimes it is hard to finish things when you start, you get sidetracked.  I am not one of the best in this..
I pray daily for GOD to help me in this, as it is not one of my best traits.  My husband says…SQUIRREL..and laughs at me about it often.  It’s okay, I’m not perfect, and have never claimed to be.  God knows I need work, and is patient with me. 
I tried my best, as a mother to try to help my children overcome this, and prevent them from following in my footsteps in this area. 
You ask..WHY do you think this is important. 

Well..Let’s look at it. 
CHARACTER
You might want to think about certain things..If we just put things aside, and only thought about them and didn’t act on them..like paying bills, or mowing your grass, or cleaning your house..Well then you might get no electricity, a jungle or be living in a TOTALLY NASTY HOUSE..
The old adage “It is the thought that counts” is not always true.  If you push things aside until later and don’t do what needs to be done, you will end up with a whole heap of problems. 
Children can get excited about doing things, get easily bored and walk away quick. 
To be dependable and learn to be reliable and trustworthy as they grow up young adults must get in the habit of finishing what they start and doing what they say they’ll do.
THIS IS GOOD CHARACTER!!!!  Doing this will help them enrich other lives as they mature. 
RESPONSIBILITY
This was a BIG thing when I was growing up…I had three brothers, and I was the only girl.  My mother used to line us up and say, “Okay, which one did it?”  
Of course, no one accepted the responsibility.  Oftentimes we all got a spanking. 
We were each asked if we did our homework.  We were answer yes, no, or we would give reasons why we could not, or did not get it done.  We all had good reasons.  Lance was bothering us was a good one.  He was our youngest brother. 
We could all find good reasons, or at least we thought they were good reasons, or excuses.  None of them were really good.  If we teach our kids that they are to finish what they start it will teach them responsibility. 
For children to grow into capable adults, they need to learn the art of “owning” what they are held responsible for.
OWN IT…
SATISFACTION IN LIFE
Let’s reach for our Bible.  Open it to Matthew 28:19-20
 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

If you are a child of God..You are not meant to sit back and glide through life living on the edge, sinning and waiting to die whatever death God has laid out for you. 
You are supposed to be serving GOD.  You are supposed to be living in HIS Word and witnessing.  You will never truly be satisfied with your life until you are doing what you were put here on this life to do.     
You should be living and striving to live in GOD’s path.  If we let our kids grow into adults who have numerous projects started around them but rarely finish any then we are doing them a disservice.  
You are not put here on this Earth to lose…Christ is counting on you to win daily for him.  Surrender yourself daily to him, and ask him to help you.  
YES AND NO
When I was growing up, I was taught if I committed to something, then I was to do it.... I wouldn’t fully commit, but I’d say “oh yeah, that sounds great, I will REALLY try to make it, but I won’t promise.  My mama always told me not to promise if I didn’t know if I could do it.   
She said if you cannot do it, then you get hold of that person before time, and let them know.  It is WRONG to tell someone something and not do it. 
SHE WOULD SAY…BE A PERSON WHO STANDS BY YOUR WORD. 
If I agree to cook dinner for someone, if the words come out of my mouth, they go from being thought to being promise and then I do my best to make it happen.
BE careful with their promises and agreements, because ultimately our word, and then the actions that follow our words. 
HAVE INTEGRITY…Your word defines you..
YOUR REPUTATION IS IMPORTANT…

SMALL STUFF MATTERS
The Bible says in  
Luke 16:10  “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” 
When we can be trusted with little, we can also be trusted with much.  HONEST IS HONEST.  If we can’t finish little things then we won’t finish big things either. 
Your boss will say so too. If you can’t turn in a weekly report on time then why would he trust you to complete a major project on schedule?  Do you think you will keep a job a long time if you do this?  Chances are you are on borrowed time…You better clean up your act. Trust me you are on thin ice. 
When our children are small we can begin to train them on this principle with things such as cleaning their rooms, doing their chores, putting the dishes away, etc.
Finish ONE BEFORE YOU GO TO ANOTHER
Stop to eat, sure, stop to rest a while, fine, but there is no quitting until it’s done.
COME ON..Be an example.  Raise our children to be those who finish what they start.  Those who don’t start unnecessary striving time wasting activities. 
FINISH GOD’s TASKS…DO HIS WORK THAT HE HAS FOR YOU ❤
  


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