“Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”
Proverbs 10:4-5 reminds us that laziness leads to poverty … and gaining resources requires diligence. Then God provides us with two examples. The prudent person takes advantage of the opportunity and the disgraceful does not.
My key take-a-ways from these verses …
- God provides the wealth and the opportunity for us to “gather” it
- The prudent take advantage of the opportunity by working hard at the proper time
- The disgraceful would rather “sleep” during the time of opportunity
Are we blaming our circumstances for our lack of resources when in reality we have been lazy?
Have we failed to recognize God’s provision and His challenge to us to “get about the task of gathering?”
Are we often “sleeping” when the harvest is ready?
Proverbs has a way of challenging us …
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