SLACKER?

SLACKER? [#WORD_FOR_TODAY]
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Read: [Proverbs 6: 6-11]
“How long will you slumber, O sluggard?” – Proverbs 6:9
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While studying the book of Proverbs last night, I came across the above scripture and remembered my days in Bible school. My mind went flashing back to one of my teachers (Pastor Adebusola) who suggested we change the description of a lazy person (as in the scripture – ch. 6:6,9) from “sluggard” to “slacker”. Ah, now he was speaking my ‘lingo’, and I found it quite interesting and funky (coming from the early-50s-aged man of God). I immediately started thinking of all the people I considered to be “slackers”.

Like men and women who fail to teach and discipline their children. Or a guy who refuses to help around the house (most of them usually say house chores are for the ladies, not guys). Or those teenagers who neglect their studies and play Internet games all day and night long. If we are honest to ourselves, we’ll see that we are all susceptible to this. What about being a “prayer slacker” (1 Thess. 5:17-18), or a “Bible-reading slacker” (Ps. 119:103; 2 Tim. 3:16-17), or a “non-exercising-of-our-spiritual-gifts slacker” (Rom. 12: 4-8), or a “non-witnessing slacker”??? (Matthew 28: 19-20; Acts1:8). If we are not doing what we know God wants us to do, we are certainly “SPIRITUAL SLACKERSS”. In fact, if we refuse to obey God, we are ‘sinning’.

Listen to these challenging and convincing words from the book of James: “It is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” (James 4:17, NLT) Today, let’s not be spiritual slackers. God is Watching!

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The WorldCup Brazil2014 comes to an end soon…some teams have slacked…only the ‘fittest’ have survived to the ‘Final’ stage…and one team at the finals must ‘surely’ slack cos there can only be one ‘Winner’! In the ‘Tournament of Life’, will you emerge ‘Winner’..??? Think on this, and don’t slack! STOP THE LAZINESS, be in Church tomorrow!
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Keep in Mind:
When we know what God wants us to do,
but then, we refuse to obey,
We're ignoring the voice of God ,
and sinfully choosing our way.

Shalom! Happy Saturday!
QS || xoxo :)