We see many throughout this nation who are demanding that the government give them “free stuff”. I am all for genuine help when needed. However, I am speaking of those who don’t want to work to provide for themselves. They want others to take care of them. God does not honor laziness. However, He does honor diligence and hard work. Proverbs 22:29 (AMPC) says: “Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men”. The same verse in the CEV version says: “If you do your job well, you will work for a ruler and never be a slave”. Notice how it differentiates between the one who does their job well and the lazy one who ends up as a slave. Laziness will bring one to poverty. Proverbs 6: 9-11 says: “You lazy people, how long are you going to lie there? When will you get up? You say, “I need a rest. I think I’ll take a short nap.” But then you sleep and sleep and become poorer and poorer. Soon you will have nothing. It will be as if a thief came and stole everything you owned”. Don’t learn from lazy folk. Whatever God gives you to do, do it with all of your heart. Do it as unto the Lord. The Lord is pleased with those who are diligent in their work and service. Selah!
He set us over the works of His hands!
As humans, we were created in God’s image, and as believers, He has given us great authority by His grace. Genesis 1: 26 -27 26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”. We were the only creations that were created in His image. Psalm 115:16 (NIV1984) says: “The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man.” We are His stewards here on earth! Hebrews 2:7 (AMP) says: “You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands” this means that your prayers, your faith, your words and your testimony are powerful tools in the hand of God. Once you get that, you will stop allowing the enemy to deceiving you into thinking that you are worthless and powerless. Greater is He that is within you than he that is in the world!
