From The Pastor’s Pen – By Brian Horrobin
It was Jules Renard who said, “Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.”
The dictionary describes a lazy person as someone who is averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion.
Let’s face it, we live in a world of deadlines, drive-thrus and day-timers.
We measure worth by results and how fast we can achieve them.
I mean, who doesn’t want a cheat day once in a while to sleep in and hang out in their pj’s without having to produce something by day’s end?
Nevertheless, there is also the opposite extreme.
A lazy person never gets tired because they haven’t done anything to actually warrant that coveted rest.
Proverbs 13:4 says, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.”
I can remember sitting in my study carrel at the University of Windsor back in the early 1980’s, day dreaming of winning a scholarship while at the same time whiling away the time doing nothing.
Others around me in that same library were working hard and remaining focused on their work at hand.
Some of the marks I achieved back in those days proved that I was doing a lot of resting before getting tired.
I am not advocating a workaholic lifestyle.
I am merely saying that we often aspire to a level well below our capability because we simply won’t put in the hard work that it requires to get us there.
That’s not you, is it?
