Maybe you don’t think of yourself as lazy, but you might be surprised by the far-reaching warning that scripture gives about laziness, as well as the likely result.

Today’s Big Question: 

What can you learn from an ant?

Today’s Scripture:  Proverbs 6:6-11

Go to the ant, you slacker!

Observe its ways and become wise.

Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

it prepares its provisions in summer;

it gathers its food during harvest.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?

When will you get up from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the arms to rest,

and your poverty will come like a robber,

your need, like a bandit.

Other verses referenced in this episode:

The son who gathers during summer is prudent;

the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful. (Proverbs 10:5)

Laziness induces deep sleep,

and a lazy person will go hungry. (Proverbs 19:15)

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,

but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense. (Proverbs 12:11)

There is profit in all hard work,

but endless talk leads only to poverty. (Proverbs 14:23)

“What is a sluggard? Think of the way syrup oozes slowly out of a bottle when it is cold. That is the sluggard--sluggish and slow and hesitant when he should be decisive, active, and forthright….He is lazy, constantly making the soft choice, losing one opportunity after another after another after another, day by day, moment by moment, until he lies there helpless in his wasted life. Let’s all admit it--there is a sluggard deep inside each of us.” - Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

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