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🙏 "I'm Super Busy". Proverbs 10:4
(2 min read) Proverb of the day visualized
Erick Vargas
June 10, 2023
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Proverb of the day
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4
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Meditation
Proverbs 10:4 tells us that, in most of our situations, our financial situation is a result of our personal effort. There are exceptions however if you lean on circumstances as an excuse for your financial situation, you will just continue to have “lazy hands”. It is those with diligent hands, even in poverty, that have the chance to gain wealth. In the picture above, we think we may be busy but when we look at our phones in our screen time, we see how much time we waste. This is another form of laziness.
As we have seen, laziness hurts you, but it also ruins the good of those around you. How? One obvious way the lazy do that is by not “pulling their weight” in the family or society and thereby increasing the burden on others. But also, the slothful think of themselves first, even in the work they choose to do. They select work for their own comfort or benefit rather than for how it helps others, the community, and society.
Dorothy Sayers observed that during World War II many people in the military found themselves doing work that was vastly more satisfying than their ordinary careers. Why? “For the first time in their lives, they found themselves doing something not for the pay”— army pay was miserable—“and not for the status”—everyone was just thrown in together—“but for the sake of getting something done for us all.” The social fabric strengthened and psychological health improved. This is wisdom—working for others rather than for one’s own advancement. So both laziness and work chosen just for one’s own selfish benefit destroy community. Be blunt with yourself—are you “slack in your work”?
Prayer
Lord, help us to be quick to listen to your wisdom. Help us to have open minds and hearts to what you have to tell us.
Application question
What obvious council of wisdom have you been ignoring?
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