"The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich" Proverbs 13:4
As life has weighed me down I have found that sometimes I want everything to stop. I have a job, I work, but everything else needs to stop. If I want to stare at a wall or some other meaningless task for hours, then I should be able to stare at a wall. I call it decompressing. I call it taking a break or getting some much needed personal time. This is my weakness, and "down time" draws me like a moth to the light. Days and weeks can pass and I sit in my justified bubble of what I deserve.
This goes against what God tells me to do.
As I take my . . . break from my life? . . . Is that even possible? . . . I think about the things I'm "recharging" for when I get enough energy, and am ready to get started.
In Ephesians 4:22-23 the Bible says, "to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness." My weakness, my sin, is holding on to my old self that is lazy and deceives me with empty desires.
It is true that the lazy man has desires. I find myself wondering why my situation isn't better. Why do I have to have "me time" on a regular basis? I begin taking a prolonged intermission, and I find myself with jobs that need to be done, goals unattained.
I get to be a grumpy selfish person. How can other's even begin to infringe on my time? When I do decide to help others or do work I am in a bad mood, mainly because I know I have been selfish with my time.
The good news is that God doesn't leave me to this fate. This old lazy self I am to put off and be renewed in the spirit of my mind. The old self, the lazy man, he desires and has nothing. The new self that is diligent is made rich, and what more could we ask for than to be in the "likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."
This has been my journey and verses that I have needed to focus on. It is easy to let life knock me down.
It is easy to let life knock me down.
Adopting the lazy man attitude is easy because that is what my sinful self craves. My thinking has to be renewed, and I need to stay productive. Proverbs 13:4 isn't a verse about making a lot of money, but becoming more like God.
God gives us instructions on how to live our lives. We need to read his word and search out what He is trying to tell us with the help of the Holy Spirit. Sin broke humanity, we learned sinful habits; we must put off the sinful habits and put on righteous ones.
There is no way to think properly and not sin without God renewing your mind.
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