{"id":59905,"date":"2023-03-14T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=59905"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:31:33","slug":"do-not-be-lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-not-be-lazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Be Lazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Joe R. Price<\/p>\n<blockquote>&#8220;<em>The lazy man says, &#8216;There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!&#8217; As a door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed. The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer<\/em><br \/>\n<em>sensibly<\/em>&#8221; (Proverbs 26:13-16).<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lazy-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/>Diligence is a hallmark of faith (Romans 12:11; Hebrews 4:11; 6:11; II Peter 1:5,10). Laziness fails to see daily opportunities to serve God, our families, brethren, and neighbors. Laziness serves the desires of Satan, not God. Solomon&#8217;s wisdom teaches us to be diligent in every part of our lives as it identifies the indicators and dangers of idleness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The lazy person always has an excuse for not meeting his responsibilities (Proverbs 26:13). Real or imagined dangers and difficulties content the lazy to remain so (Proverbs 22:13; 20:4). God will use us to accomplish His work when we diligently seek and do His will (Matthew 19:26; Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 11:6).<\/li>\n<li>The lazy person fails to use his time wisely (Proverbs 26:14). He sleeps when it is time to work (John 9:4). As a result, he is unprepared to successfully meet life&#8217;s challenges (Proverbs 6:6-9; 19:15). We must redeem our time wisely (Ephesians 5:15-16).<\/li>\n<li>The lazy person does not want to work (Proverbs 26:15). The answer to his problem is staring him in the face, yet he is unwilling to work (Proverbs 19:24). There is no reward in life or eternity for the apathetic and negligent soul (Proverbs 12:27; 13:4; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20).<\/li>\n<li>The lazy person comforts himself with his pride (Proverbs 26:16). He is self-deceived, lacking the perception needed to change his condition (Proverbs 16:18).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us be diligent in things temporal and eternal. Otherwise, &#8220;<em>the desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor<\/em>&#8221; (Proverbs 21:25).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Joe R. Price &#8220;The lazy man says, &#8216;There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!&#8217; As a door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed. The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[386],"class_list":["post-59905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-laziness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14080,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/it-takes-effort\/","url_meta":{"origin":59905,"position":0},"title":"It Takes Effort","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: II Thessalonians 3:6-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How many of us truly enjoy working? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I, like many of us, dream of times when we can take a moment off and do nothing in particular \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yet, I don\u2019t like to be idle for long. 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Hamilton Download Audio Text: Proverbs 24:30-34 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Bible commends diligent work \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jacob had his faults, but one thing we notice is that he was an industrious worker \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Genesis 31:38-39 - A summary of his work record. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Prosperous growth in herds \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No miscarriages in 20 years \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14063,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-have-a-teenager-who-would-sleep-in-bed-all-day-if-i-let-him\/","url_meta":{"origin":59905,"position":4},"title":"I have a teenager who would sleep in bed all day if I let him","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a sixteen-year-old boy who would just about spend all day in bed if I let him. 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