Somehow the factoid got posted before our meditation which is found in Prov. 19:15 “Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.”
This book says quite a bit about laziness, Prov. 10:4; 10:26; 12:24; 13:4; 20:4; 26:14-16 as well as this verse.
In my conversations with people I have found that there are a
myriad of reasons for the lack of Industry. Here are some: not feeling adequate, fear of failure, lack of confidence, inability to understand a persons task.
One of the roles of parents is to aid their children in this struggle. In working with troubled teens, I found that many people have failed to succeed due to the failure of others to encourage, assist, & affirm those around us who have not yet succeeded.
Of course that is not the only reason for a person being lazy, however, that should be where we start in helping people who seem to not feel they can complete a task.
In grade school I had a desk mate who was always getting into trouble and never doing his work. As the year went on we became good friends, he came from a poor family, and I noticed that many children would make fun of my friend, Preston.
He was big and strong, and I was just the opposite. So we teamed up, some boys in my school would chase me home, so we agreed that I would run to his house & he would scare the boys away. That worked great.
That turned into me asking my sister Nancy for help me in my school work, then I would help Preston with the work that my sister had helped me with.
We moved to a different house and Preston & I lost track of each other until high school. There we met up again in class and we
continued on our friendship and our being homework helpers.
My sister graduated & went off to college, but by that time she had
left, she had helped me to help us in learning to understand our studies.
We graduated from our high school and we both lost touch & little did I know but Preston continued to wash the windows, and went to a Christian college.
He was working in a church and when his pastor retired he was asked to temporarily take the pastors position. I needed to lead a choir for the summer to complete my advanced conducting class.
Preston and I “accidentally“ met at Walmart & in talking I ask him if he needed a choir director & he ask me to help him at his church in our old neighborhood.
So here we were again working together, both of us working at something where we needed each other.
A long story to remind us to keep our eyes open on other believers who may just need a partner.
So Go With God and He will help us to achieve what we think is impossible. Who knows, maybe even by bringing another person who needs you for a partner.