Proverbs 6

Proverbs 6. Vs 10-11 say, “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.” How true and wise is this statement! Whether it’s in business or other areas of our life, being lazy (a sluggard) will bring destruction down on us; a life of unachieved goals.

How many times have we wished for something, prayed something fierce, and just expected it to fall in our laps? Then, though we’ve done nothing to work towards it, get mad or upset that it has not come to pass? I am guilty of that many times. We pray for better grades, yet don’t study. We pray for more money, but don’t work to achieve it. We pray for better relationships, but don’t change our commitment. We pray for a revival, but don’t do our part to help. We pray for a closer relationship with God, but we don’t spend time in prayer or the Word. We pray for change, but keep doing the same things we always did.

I’m not saying that prayer in itself won’t work, quite the contrary; all things are possible through prayer! God can make it all happen within a blink of His eye, but what would we learn from it? Would we really give Him the glory or credit? Would we change and seek Him? Or would we go about our lives until another problem arose and THEN pray passionately for an answer? Probably, the last one and if that is what we do, then what are we doing to be part of the solution?

As the above verses state, if we are a sluggard, just standing around waiting, then scarcity is coming. As Pastor Rusty stated today, and Galatians 6:7b says “A man reaps what he sows.” That is, you get back more of what you put in. If we stand around doing nothing, why are we surprised when we get nothing in return? I don’t want to be caught napping when Jesus returns. I don’t want to tell God that I didn’t achieve what He had planned for me because I was lazy or seeking my own desires. Lord, help me not to be a sluggard, but to actively seek and DO Your will, to do my part in fulfilling Your plan for my life and the lives of others You will have me touch.