Just Five More Minutes

The alarm blaring startled me awake. Just five more minutes, I told myself, as I banged around on the headboard and finally found the snooze button.
I hit the snooze button another 3 times after that and when I finally did decide to get up I was way late.
Have you ever done that before?
I haven't decided if the snooze button is a great invention or a curse. I know it impacts me, because I'll play mind games with it. I'll set my alarm ten minutes early because, I can "sneak" a few extra minutes of sleep in when it goes off.
The quality of the sleep isn't very good, but it seems so much better because it is some sleep I've managed to "steal". Truth be known, I would have slept better if I had set the alarm for the right time and simply got up with it.
I wondered how often God has been calling us and we hit our internal snooze button instead. Just wait a little longer God, just a little longer, just a little longer. Suddenly were running way behind and missed out on the opportunity to listen or to serve.
God puts someone on our hearts and says give them a call or drop them a note. Okay God, just as soon as we get done with .... and then it's weeks later. You find out later they had been going through a crisis time and really could have used some encouragement.
We all do it. I think I do it less now than I used to earlier in my walk, but I'm far from perfect. I'm so glad He is a loving, patient and merciful God.
He's used to people putting other things ahead of time with Him or in obedience to Him.
Why do we do put God on the back burner?
When will you make time to listen and obey?