Are You Watching the Clouds?

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"Those who watch and wait for favorable winds never plant, and those who watch and fret over every cloud never harvest." (Ecclesiastes 11:4, The Voice)

There is a right time for everything. Our problem is that we don't always know what the right time is; so we begin to over analyze all the external circumstances and hesitate to "pull the trigger" on a decision or action.

Sometimes we even spiritualize our hesitance by saying that we don't want to "get ahead of God". I think that we are often so far behind God that we can't see Him and therefore assume He must be behind us.

I have seen a quote attributed to Zig Ziglar: "The best time to plant an oak tree was 50 years ago. The second best time is today."

Question: What decision or action are you over analyzing that is keeping you from your next step?

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