Warnings Against Laziness

Warnings Against Laziness

One of the most toxic and dangerous attitudes in many parts of the world today is the spirit of entitlement. People have come to believe the lie that others—whether it’s the state or some more local institution—owe them. They believe they are entitled to have every benefit for nothing. They expect regular income, housing, food, medical care, and other necessities of life even though they make absolutely no contribution in return for them.

Now, there are cases where a person must have benefits for which they cannot directly and actively contribute. In such cases there must be provision. Throughout the book of Proverbs, Solomon talks about the importance of championing the causes of those who cannot speak or act for themselves. This is the character of God, who loves justice and hates it when the poor are disempowered.

But others become lazy and expect everything for nothing. To them, Solomon has some stern words of wisdom and warning: If you don’t plant seeds in the ground, you won’t have a harvest later. If you spend all your time sleeping, don’t be surprised if you wake up poor.

To all of those who have yielded to the spirit of entitlement and are living a life of indolence and inertia, Solomon’s word is firm and loving. “Wake up, sleepyhead!” (v. 13, TPT). If a person becomes active and intentional about work again, there will be plenty of food on the table.

Has a spirit of entitlement crept into your heart, turning you from passionate to passive? What area of entitlement or inactivity is the Holy Spirit highlighting in your life?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

False Teachers Among Us

Image
2 Peter 2:1,3   But there were false prophets, too, in those days, just as there will be false teacher among you. They will cleverly tell their lies about God, turning against even their Master who bought them; but theirs will be a swift and terrible end. These teachers in their greed will tell you anything to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago and their destruction is on the way.   Living Bible Ephesians 5:11-12 11 Take no part in the worthless pleasures of evil and darkness, but instead, rebuke and expose them. 12 It would be shameful even to mention here those pleasures of darkness that the ungodly do.     False Teacher’s - Denominations       Now on another note, there are those that say this Bible is the right Bible and the rest are false and take verses and chapters out of context.     Reviews Bible Versions     Heresy or Heresies     Regarding False Teachers      Everyone’s a False Teacher Except Me     False Teachers Condemned     False Prophecy
Read more

False Teacher’s - Denominations

False Teacher’s - Denominations   2 Peter 2:1,3   But there were false prophets, too, in those days, just as there will be false teacher among you. They will cleverly tell their lies about God, turning against even their Master who bought them; but theirs will be a swift and terrible end. These teachers in their greed will tell you anything to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago and their destruction is on the way.   Living Bible Ephesians 5:11-12 11 Take no part in the worthless pleasures of evil and darkness, but instead, rebuke and expose them. 12 It would be shameful even to mention here those pleasures of darkness that the ungodly do. So here we have a list of various of what I have found online NOW this is OPEN to each individuals own ideas so do your own research in fact the links here will be from Google and believe what you want if you have a Bible then you have the correct word depending on what version you have you can check what your reading! P.
Read more

Local & Various Churches On Line

  Local & Various Churches On Line Lake Ridge Christian Church http://www.lakeridgechurch.org/ Easy Tithe https://app.easytithe.com/App/Giving/lrcc Marshall FCC https://www.marshallfcc.org/live/ Simply Give https://my.simplegive.com/App/Giving/mars902186 Five Points Church http://fivepointschristianchurch.com/ Move Christian Church of GA  https://www.movechristianchurch.com/ Giving https://secure.subsplash.com/ui/access/CKTM4T#/ Maryland Community Church of IN https://www.mccth.org/  Giving  https://www.mccth.org/give The Branch Church of TX  https://www.thebranchchurch.org/ Giving  https://www.thebranchchurch.org/give Bee Ridge Church of IN https://www.beeridge.church/ Giving  https://www.beeridge.church/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5eab277eb507897096605545 Chrisman Christian Church of IL https://www.facebook.com/ChrismanChristianChurch/ Bell Ridge Christian Church https://www.bellridge.org/ Giving https://app.easytithe.com/app/giving/bellridge Kansas Christian Church https:
Read more