Why is laziness so harmful?
But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 6:9-11 (NLT)
As believers in Jesus Christ, it is important that we overcome laziness and the temptation to slumber because of the following reasons:
- It brings poverty
The passage above tells us that the first effect of laziness is poverty. You see, laziness is so bad that it will cause a lazy man to catch a game, but he will be too lazy to even eat it. Laziness therefore leads to poverty and lack:
Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
Proverbs 26:15
- It could lead to sin
Laziness could lead to falling into the trap of sin. There was a time that David was supposed to go out to the war front, because it was the season for kings to go to war. However he decided to stay at home and as a result, he saw what his eyes should not have seen, and this led to adultery, murder and the death of an innocent baby.
In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
2 Samuel 11:1-2 (NLT)
- It could stop you from fulfilling your purpose
Laziness will certainly stop you from fulfilling your God-given purpose and assignment, because when God tells you to do something, you will be too lazy to work. You will notice that most of the men and women God called, were in the middle of doing something. David was out tending his father’s sheep, Elisha was farming, Peter, James and John were out fishing when Jesus called them.
God cannot entrust you with much if you have a lazy attitude to life, therefore please rise up from slumber and let’s work for God while it is day, because the night is coming when no man can work:
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work
John 9:4 (KJV)
Prayer
Dear Lord, please help me to work for you while it is day because the night is coming when no man can work.
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Blessing Theophilus-Israel
Spiritual Life Coach
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