Short Cuts Don't Work...

The Bible is very clear on work and laziness. Here are a few verses that speak to this.

• The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. Proverbs 15:18-20

• The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.Proverbs 13:3-5

• A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.Proverbs 20:3-5

• The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"Proverbs 22:12-14

• The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.Proverbs 26:15-17

I know work is hard... I know work is not fun... [boy do I know that] But it looks to me like, everywhere you turn leads to work and striving. Some types of work never pay very good or create residual income. So if the Bible says being lazy doesn't pay, then why not just come to grips with the fact that we all have to work. Work is good. And hard work pays.

Here's what the Bible says about work:

• He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.Proverbs 12:10-12.

• All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.Proverbs 14:22-24.

• Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.Proverbs 24:26-28.

Don't be lazy and enjoy the fruit of you work.