Proverbs 14:23 (NKJV) 23 In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty.
During the last 20-30 years, a sense of entitlement has pervaded many societies. People want something for nothing. They don’t want to work for it. They just want it handed to them… dropped into their laps.
Sadly, this has crept into the body of Christ, too. We want God to bless us, just because.
We don’t expect to have to work for anything. We just want someone to lay hands on us, pray for God’s blessings over our lives, and then we sit and wait for it to magically appear.
Many of us have become lazy while we wait. We’ve given up on being diligent with our hands. We disdain labor and continue to sit idle.
And, all the while, we fall deeper and deeper into debt and poverty.
Proverbs 20:13 (NKJV) 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
The prosperity gospel can be partially to blame for this. It has duped millions and millions of people into believing the lie that God wants us all to be millionaires, without having to do a single thing for it.
But we are partially at fault, too. Sitting back and letting God bless us sounds really good to the flesh!
Proverbs 23:21 (NKJV) 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
But God’s word is very clear about this. If we want to eat, be clothed and prosper, we need to work for it!
Then, God will bless the fruits of our labors and prosper us!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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