Proverbs 24:30-34, 26:13-16, 6:9-11, Ecclesiastes 10:18
Laziness of lazy bodies.
A lazy man is a dead man that is yet to be buried. I want you to understand that no one can climb any mountain by just looking at it. It is not possible. You must make an effort. The vehicle of failure travels fast on the road of laziness. Spiritual laziness is a disaster.
When somebody is spiritually lazy, he has deep distaste for the things of God which masquerades as laziness.
When the lazy man begins to pray, all of a sudden, his mind begins to wander. He cannot really concentrate to do hard praying. The enemy, in his own clever way, has adopted clever tactics adaptable to all personality types.
If we begin to carry out an inventory this morning, and I ask, “When last did you do an effective quiet time?”, you will realise that a lot of people do not take their quiet time seriously.
When you do not do any meaningful quiet time before God, it is laziness which will lead to wastage later. You want to do business, but you did not even bother to prayerfully investigate it. You want to sell something, but you do not even prayerfully research if that is what you should do. It is laziness. So one of the greatest impediments to spiritual growth is laziness. You are too lazy to pray, too lazy to tarry, too lazy to study the Bible, and too lazy to read spiritual books.
When a person does very little spiritually and puts very little effort towards spiritual growth, it is laziness. And this is why I am bringing this to your attention this morning, and you can see the way the Bible describes it. The great tragedy of it is the way this laziness has killed so many lives. Some people are too lazy to memorise any scripture or do any fast, too lazy to do any spiritual activity, and that is a great tragedy. The tragedy of it is this: the lazy man or woman will never experience the raw power of God.
One of the greatest prophets who has visited this country is Prophet Omotola. His friend and he were praying for power for months, and the Lord saw them and answered their prayers. He told them, “On so-so date, meet me in so-so place. When you meet me, I will soak you under the anointing.” That day came; Omotola came out and began to walk to the place. It was a far place. That day, a very terrible rain started. Omotola cut palm fronds to use as an umbrella and kept moving.
But when the other fellow saw rain, he said, “Ah! God will understand why I cannot move out today,” and he went back home. So only Omotola went there. As a result, the portion meant for two people; only he got it. If you read the Bible very well, all those men of God who moved mountains were very busy when God found them.
Moses was busy tending the sheep in the desert when God found him. Gideon was busy in the winepress when God found him. Elisha was very busy on his father’s farm when God found him.
The Tragedy Of Laziness.
God will not use the lazy man or the lazy woman. The enemy will defeat us easily if we are spiritually lazy. Laziness is a big sin. It is such a dangerous sin that it can cause a lot of tragedy.
It makes a man miss his destiny by procrastination. Sometimes he will not start any project; sometimes he will agree to start but start putting it off, and little by little, they surrender, and very quickly it becomes a defeat. He never gets going. People like that never develop a sense of urgency about life. They just keep pushing it forward until that time goes.
May that not be your lot, in the name of Jesus.The lazy man has a lot of unfinished projects all around. He starts many things halfway. They are quick to start new ones and refuse to stick to a task until it is done. It is a tragedy.
The lazy man will be creating excuses for not joining fellowship or Bible study.
Lazy people do not contribute anything positively to anybody’s life. It is therefore a tragedy when you marry a lazy man or woman. The whole family will suffer because one partner is lazy. And this is a very, very serious matter.
The lazy man is a helpless man. Any small hardship, he turns back. He says there is a lion on the streets, and so he will not go out.
A lazy man is unteachable. He feels he knows everything.
To crown it all, a lazy man is forever a servant to others.
A lazy man is doomed to poverty as far as heaven is concerned.
