
Laziness. No one wants to be called out as being lazy by others, it is somewhat offensive. And as much as we don’t want others to call us lazy, at times we delight in our own laziness. “Man I slept till 12:30 and then sat by the pool for 5 hours and then watched 2 movies and went to bed.” That’s lazy. And you fight back… No, that’s summer!
We all have seasons of productivity and laziness. But in my relationship with Christ there are times where the word laziness would best define my relationship with God. I sit back and allow others to feed me. I listen to Christian cds in the car, podcasts while working out, follow dailybibleverse on twitter, i’m a “fan” of God on facebook… but I haven’t studied the bible for myself in quite a while. I haven’t been working on my relationship with Jesus other than gleaning what others have learned about Jesus.
Proverbs uses the words lazy and diligent to describe two different men.
The question is biblical … Are you lazy or diligent? Proverbs 12:27.
There are many things we are not lazy in, but ONLY our relationship with Christ leads to righteousness and eternal life. What else could we possibly be diligent about!