Laziness of lazy bodies.
That laziness will trap him in the bottom place of life.
WHAT TO DO.
The first thing to do is to recognise that that laziness is a sin.
Decide to come to terms with yourself and confront your laziness. Confront your laziness and do not pamper it.
Counter laziness with aggression. It is, in fact, not a bad idea if you decide to do a 3-day dry fast to combat laziness.
Learn the principle of diligence and hard work.
Learn the discipline of waking up early. So discipline really is the key. There is no easy way to learn discipline. Discipline is tough. You have to be hard on yourself. You have to begin now. Discipline only begins now.
All the good things that laziness has stolen from you, you shall repossess them in the name of Jesus.
Many have become addicted to television, watching all sorts, which does not favour them in any way. The Bible says in Romans 12:11 – not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the lord. So make up your mind here this morning.
Examine your quiet time. Are you really doing it well? Do you take quality time to wait upon the Lord?
Examine your family altar. Is there any prayer altar in your family?
Examine your Bible reading. Can you really say you are a Bible addict? The Bible says that the Word should be like honey in your mouth. Is it really like honey in your mouth?
Examine your Bible memorisation. Do you really memorise scriptures, or is it the same thing that you know you are just repeating?
Examine your witnessing. When last did you really walk up to somebody and preach the gospel to the person? Is there anybody in this church that you can confidently say you converted and now the person is a Christian? Are you witnessing to people outside?
Examine your fasting life. Are you really a devoted faster?
Examine the way you spend your time. Do some calculations.
Examine how much time you spend for God, how much time you spend on yourself, and how much time you spend on things that are useless that have no effect.
How can you spend one hour in the bathroom and not spend ten minutes in your quiet time?
How can you spend thirty minutes talking to your friend but cannot spend thirty minutes talking to God? The Bible groups all these under serious laziness. In our church many years back, during the search of the scriptures, we were studying the book of Acts, and for those of you who are good Bible readers, Acts is a very exciting book. Something is happening in every chapter. If churches of these days are like that, we will have no space to put people.
After searching the scriptures, questions came. One man was asking our pastor, “Sir, all these things we have been reading in the book of Acts, you are the pastor here. Why is it that these things are not happening here? Why? All these miracles recorded here – why are they not happening now? Pastor, let us do something about it.” The pastor said, “Brother, stand. Do not sit yet. Let me ask you a question. For how many days were the disciples in the upper room before power fell?” The man replied, “Ten days”.
The pastor then said, “I challenge you: let you and I go on ten days of dry fasting, and let us see whether those miracles that are happening will not start to happen.” When the brother heard ten days dry fast, he sat down. He said, “Pastor, just because I want power does not mean I should die. Here was a man who was too lazy to help, too lazy to intercede, too lazy to assist, but very quick to criticise.
PRAYER POINTS.
Powers spying on my time to disgrace me, you are liars; die, in the name of Jesus.
Opportunity wasters, I am not your candidate; die, in the name of Jesus.
1. Wasting powers of laziness in my life, die, in the name of Jesus. (a sevenfold amen).
2. Blood of Jesus (seven times), arise for me, in the name of Jesus.
3. Powers stealing my glory, die, in the name of Jesus.
4. Arrows fired against my star, backfire in the name of Jesus.
5. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Arise, lift me up, in the name of Jesus.
6. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Arise, promote me by fire, in the name of Jesus.
7. Every good thing that I have lost this year, I repossess them by fire, in the name of Jesus.
8. Testimony robbers, breakthrough robbers, progress robbers, I am not your candidate; die, in the name of Jesus.
