The Temptation of Laziness

"Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper and be satisfied." Proverbs 13:4

Laziness comes in all differnt areas of our lives. It is not just in our jobs.

Laziness can be found in our homes, in our marriages, in friendships, in our relationship with Christ and in our Churches.

Laziness can be found in our lack of self-control, our appearance, our attitude, our thoughts and our speech. You can even find laziness in being retired.

Laziness is a great tool Satan uses to keep us from being productive for the Lord.

Laziness can be contagious if we are not careful.

"Stay away from any Christian who lives in idleness and doesn't follow the tradition of hard work we gave you. For you know that you ought to follow our example. We are never lazy when we were with you.  We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so that we would not be a burden to any of you. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. Even while we were with you, we gave yo this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat." 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10

Jesus I want to set a better example for my boys. Help me to overcome any and all laziness in every area of my life, especially the areas that matter the most. Forgive me for giving in to the temptaion. Amen