Reading for Today: Proverb Chapter 21
Gold Nugget
Verse 25: “The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor”
Commentary
Verse 25: “The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor”
Commentary
There is a powerful verse of scripture in
1 Timothy 5:8, “But
if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his
household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Our
country is overrun with laziness. That’s pretty blunt, but the truth is just as
plain. It’s an unfortunate truth and we have gotten away with it for so long, that
it doesn’t seem to be an issue. Well, the time to pay the piper is fast upon
us. We’ve lived off the fat of the land for so long that the fat of the land
has gone lean. Throughout history we have operated under a government who can’t
balance a checkbook and we are all
about to pay for it. We’ve given away our work because we didn’t want to do it,
and our leaders have sold us into slavery.
We assume that because the
possessors have not come to reposes that they never will, but reading the
writing on the wall will reveal our inevitable day of reckoning. This
irresponsibility is nationwide and it all comes from a “give me what I want now,
and I’ll deal with it later” mentality. Like the man in today’s “gold nugget”, The desire of the lazy man kills
him, for his hands refuse to labor”, we will lay in our beds
today and be hungry tomorrow. This doesn’t describe all of us, but it describes
enough of us to cost us all. If we are not willing to work and get off our
duffs, we will come to hunger, but if we put our hands to labor, we will eat
and survive. America has forgotten what it’s like to go hungry; it’s my belief
that we may soon to be reminded.
Prayer
Lord, we have put our security in our country's prosperity and I pray that we will begin to put our faith in you and your ability to provide. In that, we know that you judge according to the heart and a lazy man will go hungry. Amen
Lord, we have put our security in our country's prosperity and I pray that we will begin to put our faith in you and your ability to provide. In that, we know that you judge according to the heart and a lazy man will go hungry. Amen
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