To me this is a pretty freeing concept. He's saying, "Say 'No' to something to be able to say 'Yes' to something else." So, today I'm taking a page out of Bob Goff's book (almost literally) and quitting.
Today I quit 2 things...
1. I quit procrastinating. In Luke 9:59-62 Jesus is calling disciples and one wants to bury his father and another say goodbye to their family. Jesus tells him, "No, pursue the Kingdom of God, NOW!" It can't wait, friends.
2. I quit making excuses for my actions. This is something that I've been feeling convicted on lately. Mostly for me it's saying I'll do something then lacking follow through. I quit doing this today. Ecclesiastes 7:8 says, "Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." In other words, finish what you start.
If I don't quit these things I know that my relationship with Jesus will suffer. They are preventing me from being fully present with Him and that has got to stop.
Also, another word about quitting... Yesterday I read an awesome blog about the joy and freedom of an "unrushed yes" (Here's the blog). This usually means saying 'no' to a lot of things. To have the freedom to say 'yes' to the things that matter. To have the freedom to say 'yes' to the things that matter. I also read an article about a Dad who quit his job as the head of a trillion dollar company because his 10 year old daughter wrote down all the things he had missed just that school year because of work. He says it was a "wake-up call." Now, not all of us have the means to quit our job to spend time with our family, but the concept is the same. Say 'yes' to the things that matter. The things with eternal significance. And if you must, quit. So that you can do the things God has called you to do and be the person He has called you to be.
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