His Hands Refuse to Labour (Proverbs 21:25)

2022-12-12

Who knew laziness kills?

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. (Proverbs 21:25)

You do not have to get too spiritual to get this one. If people refuse to work, they will not make a living to provide for themselves. Work is hard, so we can get lazy if we let ourselves. It comes with tragic consequences if we were to choose laziness.

However, is there a spiritual application here? What if we got lazy spiritually? That also could kill. It could come to us in the form of spiritual decline. It also could be that if we do not have any spiritual witness, it could cost others eternal life. How much worse it would be if we were to be spiritually lazy.