VERSE FOR TODAY: Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth (Proverb 10:4, New International Version).
We knelt in the school auditorium. The principal's prayer rang out:" and let us not ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do Thy Will."
Forty years ago I didn't appreciate the full meaning of the school prayer, butI have since learned that the rewards of serving God diligently ate as important to my spiritual well-being as my paycheck is to my physical well-being. The rewards certainly start with knowing that we are doing God's will, but the riches that God adds are much more. The wealth mentioned in our verse for today is probably food, clothing, and shelter. The lazy person could expect none of these. If as Christians we are spiritually lazy, don't attend to prayer, Bible study, fellowship, and heeding God's call to setvice, we are the ones who are deprived. In our laziness we forfeit the deep satisfaction and nourishment of God's Word, the heavenly garments of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, a forgiving spirit, love, peace, wisdom, and thankfulness (Colossians 3:13-15). As for the shelter provided by the Mish High, we might even forget that He is there.
PRAYER THOUGHTS: Dear heavenly Father, please grant that we shall not be lazy. Stir us to seek You and Serve You diligently in gratitude for the free gift of eternal life, so that we may receive abundant spiritual riches in Christ Jesus even here on earth. In the if Jesus we pray, Amen.
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