Bible Reading: Proverbs 22:1-11
Key Verse: Verse 13 - “The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.”
Key Words: The slothful man
In Proverbs 22:13 we find a description of a man who gets up in the morning and doesn’t want to go to work. The man sees a lion in the street, now his wife looks out the window and she sees no lion. The children look as well and see no lion, but to this man the lion is real. At least it is real in his imagination, for he wants to stay home that day. It is certainly normal for us, on occasion, to reluctantly go to work. However, when a person sees a lion outside, it is more than bad eyesight!!
The real problem is that this man has a job, not a calling. Max Lerner said, “A mere job has three characteristics. We want to get it over with the least effort possible. We want to finish it as quickly as possible; and we want to get as much money as we can out of it. On the other hand, a calling is like breathing, something you do, enjoy, and never think twice about having to do it.”
Robert Louis Stevenson stated, “If a man loves the labor of his trade and seeks no attention, fame or personal success; then God has indeed called him to this trade.”
Winston Churchill remarked, “There are two kinds of people, those whose work is work and pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.” For the latter he said, “Their working hours are never long enough.”
You know, I find the same is true with our spiritual calling as well whether we...
- teach a Sunday School class,
- sing in the choir,
- play an instrument,
- work in the nursery,
- work in Children’s Church, or
- go soul-winning.
We thoroughly enjoy what we do. So let me ask you...do you have a job or a calling? You know by the amount of pleasure you have in it.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Do what you do for the Lord, it certainly makes a difference.
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