Saturday February 25th, 2023
Meditate on: 2 Thessalonians 3:10 GNT
« While we were with you, we used to tell you, “Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat” »
Meditate on: Proverbs 6:4-11 ISV
4 Don’t allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter’s hand or like a bird from a fowler’s hand.
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.
Understand:
Laziness can be defined as the attitude of being unwilling to work or dissipate energy in the pursuit of a goal.
It can also be viewed as an attribute of an idle, slow or sluggish person.
The Bible describes some characteristics of a lazy person which are important for us to consider today. As revealed in Proverbs 6:9, the first notable characteristic of a lazy person is the love of sleep.
Lazy people find it convenient to spend the better part of the day sleeping, and when they finally get out of bed, they do as little work as possible.
Proverbs 6:10-11 MSG cites excessive sleep as the source of a lazy man’s poverty, saying:
« 10 A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy – do you know what comes next? 11 a dirt-poor life. You end up depending on system or on others for subsistence. »
Lazy people generally lack initiative.
They won’t do any work unless they are forced, and they can’t work without supervision.
For such people, when their supervisor is away, they resume late at work and leave before the normal closing hours.
They always work at the minimum level, and have mastered the art of making excuses to avoid work.
Whenever you question lazy people about their work ethics, they usually have much to offer in the form of excuses.
Lazy people are more often than not out in search of easy money.
They hope to get rich with minimal effort, and so they are constantly seeking for ways to circumvent God’s way of making money through diligence and hard work.
Lazy people are dreamers who nurse hopes of bailout by Government, family or friends, even before starting any venture.
A lazy person is highly destructive by nature.
He is a waster and a poor manager of materials, financial and human resources.
A lazy person usually ends up destroying precious things such as time, income, opportunities, and marriage and family relationships.
Because of this, lazy people are bound to suffer many regrets later in life.
They will be forced to think of their unfulfilled ambitions, wasted opportunities and unsatisfied desires.
They will crave things that they no longer have the means of getting.
A lazy person usually ends up being ridiculed in their family and disgraced in the community.
God disciplines lazy people by allowing them to experience the consequences of their foolishness, with the hope that they will learn wisdom through their poverty.
These are just a few of the severe consequences reserved for lazy people.
May the Lord deliver the body of Christ and our nation from idleness and laziness in Jesus’ Name.
Application: Examine yourself to see if you possess any of the attributes of a lazy person and quickly adjust your life.
Author : Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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