What do you do when you get behind a slow driver? Do you pass when it’s dangerous, tailgate, lay on the horn, flash the lights, or relax and enjoy the scenery?
There were seven tribes that were driving slowly – real slow. They had not possessed their land. Joshua is honking his horn and getting impatient with the slackness.
The seven tribes were slow to respond to the challenge. They were weak in faith and spiritual zeal. These folks wanted to take the easy road.
Sounds a lot like many Christians today, doesn’t it? A little girl saw a church sign in a church meeting hall and was crying. The sign read, “The zeal of the house hath consumed me.” The girl said, “I’m crying because of the zeal.” Someone responded, “Don’t cry, little girl. There is no zeal here.” What a shame!
John Milton got up at four o’clock every morning to work on Paradise Lost. William Cullen Bryant rewrote Thanatopsis ninety-five times. Noah Webster worked thirty-six years to produce the first edition of his dictionary. Many business executives put in ten or twelve hours a day, six or even seven days a week – not always because they have to, but because they are enthusiastic about their work.
So we should be about our work for the Lord.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Be zealous, not a slackard, in your work for the Lord.
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