ON LAZINESS, BEING SLUGGARD AND DILIGENT

You see my friend, there are universal principles that the Bible has declared upon all humans (whether believers or not). I say this because certain people assume that being a Christian exempt them from the consequences of those principles. We all need to be aware of them or we will run the risks of thinking that God is on our bad side while in fact our own habits are destroying us.

Having written the above, one thing comes to mind: 'what does the Bible say about laziness and diligence? It matters that we talk about it because even a believer can either benefit or negatively endure the principles stated in the Bible.

The Bible says: -'A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.' (Proverbs 10:4), -Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger (Proverbs 19:15), -The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. (Proverbs 13:4), -The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing (Proverbs 20:4).

We can't expect prosperity while being lazy...never. Prosperity and laziness do not walk hand in hand. What's even more astonishing is the fact that if we stand and observe either our own lives or the lives around us, we will surely notice that those proverbs are true and similar to principles empowered with inescapable causal and effects powers.

I say 'inescapable' because it is improbable that a slack hand will escape poverty, it is improbable for a 'sleep lover' to escape hunger. Since those principles have been established in our lives, the wise thing to do is to place ourselves on the right side of those proverbs. And the right side of those principles is found in diligence. I choose diligence.

Jesus never supported laziness (reference Matthew 25:14-30), Paul boldly stated that he worked harder than most of the apostles by the Grace of God ( reference 1 Corinthians 15:9-10). If we have have received the Grace of God (as we love to claim it), then through the same Grace we should be diligent in the work God has called us to accomplish.

The Grace of God was never meant to enforce laziness.