At a point in a person's life, he or she must defer gratification in order to succeed in this world and in the hearafter. This truth must sink into the heart of every Christian, especially the younger generation.
It is unfortunate that more often than not, people do not see the need to defer gratification. They want to enjoy everything right now! Unfortunately, life is not utopian in nature.
The reality is that there is no gain without pain. Even our salvation which some people erroneously describe as free was paid for by the Saviour.
He agonised on the cross to procure our liberty. Whether in the temporal or eternal realm, gratification required deferment.
Daniel stands as a great example of someone who deferred gratification. Even our Lord Jesus Christ defered the pleasure of food and chose to suffer hunger when the devil told him to turn stone into bread.
Learn to be like Apostle Paul who considered as being worthless those things which should have been valuable to him, do that he could attain the high calling of God
Consider those things you are doing or using which serve as impediment to your Christian calling and do away with them.
