Losing Air

It was just a small leak in my tire, all the air wasn't rushing out just a small amount. Every morning I would put air back into the tire, you see I was busy, now I was going to get that tire fixed but not today maybe tomorrow. It wasn't forgotten I had considered doing something but not now. Webster says this about the word Consider -To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

That's what I was doing thinking, pondering, studying on getting that tire fixed. All that is fine except for one thing, nothing was being done about fixing the problem. You know what happened? That little bit of air turned into more and more until a small problem that I had considered fixing now was a large problem that wasn't easily fixed.

 Proverbs 24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Here we read of a person who saw and fixed their mind on and viewed with careful examination. They looked and they received instructions.

Proverbs 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

[31] And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

[33] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Here we read of a person going by the field of a lazy person (maybe too lazy to get their tire fixed) it was all grown over. How did this happen? Little by little; they were going to plow but not today tomorrow will be fine. They were going to plant, but not today tomorrow will be ok. They went to sleep and never got any of those things done. As my father-n-law always said "they must have fell asleep at the switch." They had the ability, the power was in reach but instead of applying themselves, committing themselves to the task set before them, they slept; can't do anything while sleeping. We have considered getting committed and doing something at the Church, in the Community, for the poor, for the addicted, for the homeless, for the hungry, and for the......... Being committed and considering are two different things one is doing the other is thinking about doing. How much air are you losing by not being committed to getting the tire fixed?