Are You Urgent About the Work God Gave You?

We’ve all heard the phrase “the tyranny of the urgent.”

It describes how noisy, immediate demands can crowd out what actually matters—leaving us reactive, stressed, and distracted from long-term purpose.

That insight is helpful. But it comes with a danger.

In learning to resist urgency, some men lose it altogether.

But life is not endless.

The clock is running.

And you only have so many days to fulfill the purpose God has given you.

So yes—don’t be tyrannized by the urgent.

But don’t delay, procrastinate, or become a slacker who mistakes calm for faithfulness.

Last week I heard an 80-year-old man say he’s deciding how to make the most fruitful use of his remaining years.

That kind of seriousness is rare—and needed.

Too few men think about their lives with that level of intention, regardless of age.

So whatever season you’re in, consider the race the Lord has set before you—and how He wants you to run it.

Lay aside the fruitless habits.

Cut off the time-wasters.

And confront the fears that keep you stalled.

Recover a godly sense of urgency.

There is good God intends you to do—to lift up the people He has placed in your life.

Don’t grow weary in doing it.

Labor faithfully.

And trust God to establish the work of your hands.

“Lord, teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom” (Ps. 90:12).

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