Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Grace for your spirit April 22, 2008

Grace for your spirit
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a discreet answer. Prov 26:16

The book of Proverbs has a lot of bad things to say about a sluggard. God certainly looks down on laziness. In the preceding verses, He compared a sluggard to a door turning on its hinges. It moves, but it never goes anywhere. Then the lazy man is compared to one who cannot bring himself to lift food to his mouth. Ironically, most of the time, lazy people think they are wiser than anyone else on earth. You will find them preaching their philosophy right up to the time when poverty overtakes them. The sluggard is easy to follow. They never go anywhere, and they never do anything. Is that the life we desire? Well, it is not the life God wants us to have. May we allow the wisdom of the Lord to keep us busy in His work.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23

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