Posts Tagged Laziness
A Proverb a Day: Proverbs 14:23 Stop just talkin’ and get to work.
Posted by Lance Lawshe in Bible, Education, Inspirational, Money, Work on May 14, 2010
Now this is the second day in a row that the word “work” has jumped out at me, and I love it. I love especially the way it reads in the King James Version: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury[lack of money].”
This tells me again that it’s not about how much you talk about what you’re going to do, but it’s all about what you get about doing. It is the doing that preceeds the profit. It says, “In all labour…”, that means in all the types of work you do, what follows it, is profit. From mopping floors to directing billions of dollars, if you’re working, you’re profiting. It doesn’t matter at all if you just talk a good game, if you’re not playing the game and playing hard, your life will be headed for poverty.
So stop talkin’ and get to work.
Be wise.
A Proverb A Day: Proverbs 13:4 Do you want prosperity? Work hard.
Posted by Lance Lawshe in Bible, Education, Family, Inspirational, Work on May 13, 2010
Reflecting on this proverb today caused me to pause on this verse: “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper and be satisfied.”
Just a simple statement, but so many of us fail to heed it’s direction. Even I have been saying to myself over and over these few past weeks. “Lance you’ve just got to work harder.” In everything you do, we need to do it as if it were our last day on earth; as if it were a job to complete for God. How would God rate your level of effort at your job? In your business? In your home? As a spouse? It takes hard work to maintain each of these relationships. I thought I was doing okay. I thought working smarter was better, at least that’s what I was taught. I am not encouraging anyone to not work smart, but I am encouraging everyone to work harder. Take a look at your level of effort, and if you can step it up, do so.
Remember there is a promise in the word today, “those who work hard, will prosper and be satisfied.”
Be Wise.
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