Posted on 02/17/2021 10:17:53 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster” (Proverbs 18:9).
We are told to “redeem the time, for the days are evil;” so that we do not waste our time right. We are throwing away that time. Time is like water in a river flowing away. We are never going to see that water again. We have a candle to burn, and it only has so long of a wick. Right? And the longer you allow that candle to burn without something profitable being done with that time, it is lost time. It says there that in verse 9 that “he also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.”
“Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment” (Proverbs 13:23).
With regard to sloth and being wasteful, this verse does not mention sloth as such; but that verse says there that a lot of times poor folks are poor for a reason. In this case, they have gone out and they tilled their fields and plowed up a bunch of perfectly good vegetables, that they were just careless in plowing up instead of being careful. Their inattentiveness to what they were doing was due to them being lazy and wasteful. That is how we are sometimes with that.
“The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious” (Proverbs 12:27).
You know, sometimes what we neglect is to think very highly of what we have been given. We all have been given some gift, some spiritual blessing like this thing. Somebody takes something in hunting and then allows it to just lie and rot. “. . . but the substance of a diligent man is precious” The slothful man won't even clean the thing and eat it. Right?
“He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.”
Are you a good worker? Well, do you show up on time? Do you work hard for your boss? I know that some of you probably do not need the admonition; but sometimes you do. We have certainly seen guys that go to work year in and year out and by the time it's all over with they are not worth the money they were paid. They were just there for the pension. There are some that draw paychecks that are not worth shooting.
Sometimes young men that feel they are ready to enter the workplace or whatever just are not prepared to show up on time. Be there on time and ready to go to work and give eight hours of work for eight hours of pay. Once in a while these days a lot of bosses aren't like bosses used to be anymore, and they just kind of let things slide. They have been beaten to death with the whole ethnic thing, and the unions have practically pulverized him for insisting that workers work, and he knows that if tries to fire somebody, it's more trouble to fire him than it is to hire him. And sometimes you'll run into a guy that will not put up with nonsense. If you're going to waste a bunch of time and try to be doing something else while on the clock, like texting while you should be working, you're going to get nailed. Now, folks are you a good worker? Romans 12 tells us to “not be slothful and business.
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I would appreciate your kind prayers that God’s perfect purpose and plan for my life will be fulfilled.
I found out yesterday that I have a condition known as Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). I do not smoke nor drink alcohol, yet I have cirrhosis. How does that happen? Well, I do have a fatty liver most likely caused by a fork and spoon.
Anyways, I would appreciate your prayers that whatever the future holds - it’s okay.
I really like what Paul said about this matter of death:
“For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better” (Philippians 1:23).
Isn’t it ironic, though, that I would get this news on the very days that Rush Limbaugh succumbed to his disease!
Prayers up FRiend
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