"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me." John 5:7 (NIV)

Excuses, excuses, excuses. We are all full of them. There are probably one hundred reasons I could come up with for not doing what I know I should be doing.

Let’s say I make a New Year’s resolution that I want to be healthier. I want to eat less and exercise more. I know it’s what I ought to do. I believe fully that it will improve the quality of my life. I’ll probably be a better servant of God if I am more disciplined in my physical life. The fact is, however, that as true as all those statements are, when I try to do something about living a healthier life, I will come up with dozens of excuses everyday as to why I’m not doing it. Something will always get in the way of me doing what I should to be doing, even if I say it’s what I want to do.

So, the question I asked yesterday remains. Do you really want to get well? Do you want to improve your life, your relationships, your marriage, your finances, or your health? Do you really?

If you do, what excuses are you going to make to keep from doing what you say you want to do? What distractions are you going to allow getting in the way?

I think those are questions only you can answer?

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