You Sluggard

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 6:6-11

None of us like to be called sluggards or slackers. Think about all the people you put in that category, and then add your own name.

Like the men and women who fail to teach discipline to their children, or a spouse who doesn’t help around the house, or teenagers who take up space until they grow up, we all can be called slackers at some point in our lives.

If we are honest we all could be called sluggards.

If we are not doing what we know God wants us to do, we are certainly spiritual slackers. In fact, when we refuse to obey God, we are sinning.

We may make excuses for not obeying God,

but He still calls it disobedience.

Our Daily Bread – February 21, 2012