Proverbs 22:13 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

“The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” (Proverbs 22:13 NKJV)

He shows us an example of preposterous excuses of the indolent for not doing anything good and productive. He creates imaginary threats around his area of activity. He refuses the work to thrive. A lion's presence around the neighborhood is his ridiculous excuse. Only a feeble mind would think of such a lame pretext not to get out and do the work. Everybody knows that lions are only in the jungle. They are nowhere in the streets outside nobody's house. Those who have many hindrances to do their part in this world of interdependence are the people that waste the lion's share of the world’s valuable resources.

In places where idles are many, cheaters are rampant and corruption is widespread. The demands for handouts grow, while the resources to meet them deplete. Stealing rises both in main street, in Wall street and in the alleys of bureaucracy. Like what's happening in our country now. Laziness is a tool of the devil to destroy the moral fabric of a home, a community and a nation. The sloths whose hearts are far from God are the devils minions. They cheat on their own lives, which ruins them, both body and soul. The lion they pretended to fear out in the streets is actually cuddling with them in their beds. Wake up sloth and get out of bed, quick!

As believers in Jesus, we must not behave like them. We must remain the best, the diligent and the honest worker ever, where we are by resting in His grace by faith. To those who are lazy, God is giving a wake-up call with this passage: "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10 AMP)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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