Monday January 19th, 2026
« Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically »
6 Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.
7 It has no commander, officer, or ruler,
8 but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.
There are people who claim to have been called by God, but when you look closely, you will realise that they are only going into ministry because they failed at everything else.
Today, I will be discussing some of the things God looks for in the people He calls into service.
Anyone who will receive the call of God cannot be lazy.
God does not call lazy people.
- If someone is lazy, that individual is useless to himself or herself.
When you look at everyone whom God called in the Bible, you will discover that they were all busy people.
Jesus called Peter after he had fished all night – lazy people don’t work all night.
When Elisha received the call of God through Elijah, he was on the farm plowing with twelve yokes of oxen before him, 1 Kings 19:19.
God works with the principle He stated in Luke 16:10ESV
« “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much »
If you are not faithful in the earthly work that you are doing now, God will not commit souls into your hands. Jesus asked in Mark 8:36NLT
« And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? »
In other words, He was saying that just one human soul is more valuable than the entire world.
Therefore, souls are too precious for Him to commit into the hands of a lazy person.
God is not lazy.
Jesus Christ said in John 5:17 that His Father works, and He works too.
Since Amos 3:3 says that two cannot walk together except they agree, then you cannot work with God if you are lazy.
- People who are lazy and want to serve God in ministry are people who want to eat without working; this is totally against the will of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 says that those who do not work should not eat.
After God created man, the first thing He gave him was work. Genesis 2:15 NASB 1995
« Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it »
The Scripture above shows how important work is to God.
Beloved, the next time you see lazy people claiming that God has called them into ministry, stay away from them because God does not call lazy people.
Application – God does not call lazy people.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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