Posted on 02/19/2020 5:53:31 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger” (Proverbs 19:15).
“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep,” laziness breeds laziness. The lazier you are, the lazier you are going to be. The best way to conquer laziness is to jog a couple of miles or walk if you can’t run. People sleep, and then they want more sleep, and the body is never satisfied. The worst thing are those buttons on your clock or phone that will give you another fifteen minutes. When the alarm goes off, get up!
What are the consequences of laziness? In a godly world, you would starve to death. Jesus Christ of the Bible does not allow lazy people to eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10)! An idle soul – a person not working at something – shall suffer hunger. Because you are lazy, noble employers will not promote you or pay you very much; you will stay in lowly jobs and get poorer and poorer. You will soon not have enough to eat.
People that oversleep often get headaches, and they are easier to get sick. They get sluggish and groggy throughout the day. You don’t need Geritol, it’s not tired blood, it is just a bad attitude. Another thing that tends to make us tired and sleepy is over-eating.
“. . . and an idle soul shall suffer hunger,” not only from the physical standpoint, but Jesus said, “Bless are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). When a man gets lazy in regard to his soul, he will starve spiritually.
Paul wrote to the Christian, “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing” (I Thessalonians 4:11-12). He teaches that if a man works, he’ll have what he needs.
If a man can work, and won’t work, he should starve: “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat” (II Thessalonians 3:10). Unless we live in America where they actually pay people to be lazy and vote for one particular party of handouts.
They didn’t have welfare back in Bible days, nor do they have it in most of the world. While stationed in the Philippines it was not unusual to see people starving to death in the streets . . . it is only in America that they pay folks to do nothing.
Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.
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My favorite book in the Bible. The best as far as the wisdom it provides.
Be sure to stop by every day for a new minute talk from the book of Proverbs! There is also about a year’s worth of them on the site.
I’ll try and do that. Thank you. I ordered the book of proverbs from Shepherd’s Notes (similar to a daily devotion if you are not aware of them. They have a book/devotion for every book in the Bible. The problem I have is organizing my time ... I try hard though. :) Thanks again!
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