Why Not?

This morning, I woke up to make a big decision for myself. While getting ready for the day, my mind drifted from one thought to another, as it typically does, as I wiped away sleepies from my eyes and attempted to interpret my unusual dream from the night before. During my thought process, I started dwelling on the fact that I truly desired to know more of God.

"Oh, I can start reading a passage from the Bible tonight." I initially thought.

But then, I reconsidered. "Why not start reading the whole Bible tonight?" I felt content with that resolution, for only a minute.

Finally, for my third thought, I reasoned, "Why not start the whole Bible RIGHT NOW?" School is over. I have no other excuse for NOT committing this task and its time commitment over to God.

So after applying sunscreen over my body, fixing the sheets on my bed, and tiding up the rest of my room, I sprawled out on my bed and began reading, for a good 20 minutes, to begin this morning. And I would not have wanted to start it any other way. While I did not technically start reading the Bible this morning, I discovered how intricately the New International Version (NIV) was created. I was fascinated with what I read and learned, and I look forward to going to bed tonight, to start reading Scripture and learning even more.

As more of God's confirmation, I found the following quote while starting work today.

"The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we become and the higher will be the destiny of our nation."

William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States

God has sincerely confirmed that this is what He desires for me to do now. So I say, why not?

I have not committed finishing the Bible on any sort of deadline. I have simply committed to reading the Bible in entirety, start to finish, for the first time in my life. And I will finish when I finish. In order to make the passages more meaningful, I also plan to read the Scripture passages aloud as one of the first things I do in the mornings and one of the final things I do in the evenings. And I hope to know more of God as His Word becomes alive in new ways to me.

I share this story with you to encourage you to follow what God has placed on your heart. Start planning to save for that missions trip that you want to go on. Begin preparing whatever you need to jump-start your next ministry opportunity. Pray for God to place something on your heart. Do what God has called you to accomplish.

In fact, Scripture beckons us to do what is on our heart for Him NOW. "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118:24). So, what is stopping you to do what God has called you to do, not tomorrow, not even tonight, but this very minute? Why not take a leap, like I have decided to take? Ask yourself, why not?