Tuesday May 06th, 2025
« Do you see someone diligent in their work, they will rub shoulders with the greats, they will not serve ordinary people »
4 Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.
5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!
7 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,
8 they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.
9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Not everyone gets the opportunity to stand before kings.
- Standing before kings represents being at the very top of your career or profession.
It means that you have become so successful, you are also a king in your own field of operation.
The Bible says that if you want to stand before kings, you must be diligent Proverbs 22:29.
Laziness must disappear from your diary.
Slothfulness must not be part of your lifestyle at all.
You cannot rise to the top of your profession if you are lazy. Proverbs 12:24NKJV says
« The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor »
Proverbs 23:21Amplied also says
« For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags »
In the 1970s, there was a positive confession revolution. Many people confessed that they had Mercedes Benz cars, but you’ll find them still lazing around their homes by 10 a.m. on most days.
Many years later, they were still making positive confessions but the Mercedes Benz cars did not appear.
It is not enough for you to confess that you will be great, you need to back it up with hard work.
Greatness is not for lazy people. Proverbs 24:33-34GNT says,
« Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile, but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber »
It is the word of God that says those who would not work should not eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10.
He has given you the power to make wealth as promised in Deuteronomy 8:18, but if you are not diligent at what you do for a living, the wealth will not come.
God can open a door for you, but you would have to get up and walk through it.
My God does not bless laziness.
Application – God does not bless laziness.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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