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The Sluggard's Thoughts: Mindless Muttering of a Mental Midget - Proverbs 26:16

9/27/2012

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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
Proverbs 26:16

The fourth verse we come to about the sluggard has to do with how his lack of any work ethic eventually affects his reason as well as his ego. He is wise in his own eyes - even though he does not put any work into what he thinks. He is a stranger to hard physical work - but now we learn he is also one to mental work as well. When he looks to someone for wisdom - he looks to himself. This is because of his ego - which is vastly overgrown while having no real reason to be so. He is too lazy to study - yet he thinks he knows far more than those who do. He is wiser than seven men who give a reasoned, well-studied, well-thought out answer. He is a genius in his own estimation - while his supposed genius is honestly ignorance of anything other than what he himself thinks. A legend in his own mind, he mentally gives himself the Nobel prize for everything.

Anyone who has ever done good academic work knows that this is no place for the sluggard. Good quality academic work requires painstaking study and hours of sacrifice both thinking and writing (not to mention re-writing). Someone who has expertice in a subject area has put in years of effort in order to have it. The whole idea of a "masters" degree is that someone has "mastered" a subject area. The seminary I attended required that we read a 300-500 page text for each course taken. But, this was not all we were required to do. We also were required to do extensive reading while preparing papers as well as do 1500 pages of outside reading on the subject. Even after all this effort, we were just barely beyond ignorant in the subjects we studied. Most areas of theology had literally thousands of texts written on it -some had hundreds of thousands.

The mental sluggard stands against seven men who work hard at honing their minds - and mocks all of them. He will take what little learning he has and string it together so as to think he is a mental heavyweight - when he doesn't even tip the scales of learning at a single pound. He spouts his opinion and then closes his mind to anything other than his highly self-valued moronity. He has no need to listen to others since his own ultimate genius has been voiced. Thus the mental sluggard continues his self-imposed banishment to ignorance in a miniature land of his own making.

A wise man knows that he does not yet know as he should know. He is teachable above all things - and is willing to spend more time gathering information than spouting it to others. He who holds his tongue and opens his mind is wise! He may not agree with what is said to him - yet he takes all things in an effort to become wiser still. He does not see himself as wise in his own eyes. He sees God as ultimately wise - and is actively looking for those who will speak according to God's wisdom. If you are a mental sluggard beware of lacking the wisdom of seeing yourself as not yet wise. Few things can dwarf your intellect and your spiritual acumen like being wise in your own eyes. It is proof that your field of spiritual and mental vision is extremely narrow.

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Get Your Hand Out of the Mashed Potatoes!  Proverbs 26:15

9/25/2012

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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. Proverbs 26:15

We again come to our four day trek through the characteristics (and lack of any character at all) of the sluggard. Today we look at how he is given not just to laziness - but also to the sin of gluttony. Let's take a look at him again today and see what we can learn.

The picture we have here is pretty descriptive. We see the sluggard reclining at the table with his hand left sitting in a dish of food before him. He is so lazy and overfed that he either cannot pull his hand from the dish of food - or - doesn't want to. Here is a lethal combination of both gluttony and laziness. The grotesque picture of a grown man who is so sated with food that he cannot even muster the strength to pull his hand out of a dish or bowl of rice or noodles. He just leaves it there soaking in what he was eating just moments ago. Yet this is what gluttony does to a society - it makes it lazy and unmotivated.

I spent a little time reading on the internet about obesity and inactivity. It is both fascinating and alarming to read what is happening in our nation. One study done by the Get America Fit Foundation showed that since 1991 the problem of obesity has grown from about 10% of the population to 20-25% of the population by the year 2003. What is fascinating is that the rates of those in a completely sedentary lifestyle have risen to similar rates. Along with these two numbers rising - the number of very dangerous diseases that are killing larger numbers of people have risen sharply as well. A lifestyle given to gluttony (which we've renamed obesity) and laziness is dangerous for us. It is at epidemic rates throughout our nation. I know it will probably be offensive to many (and I am presently overweight) but we are fast becoming a nation of people who are like this sluggard in the proverbs.

I am not advocating that we all become health and fitness freaks - who spend every moment of our day obsessing over our weight and our looks - but - we need to be wise and grasp the spiritual implications of being a people who are losing the battle as a society to gluttony and laziness. This problem is a spiritual one - not just a disease - or some kind of gene we've inherited from our parents. Wise men and women will realize this and will take the necessary steps to dealing with what is essentially a sin problem. It would be so helpful to our society to once again that words like sluggard and glutton are still applicable and helpful to us becoming a better individual - and a better culture.
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Life on the Hinge - Proverbs 26:14

9/24/2012

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As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.   Proverbs 26:14'


We are in a section of proverbs where the sluggard is being described for us. There are four verses in this section that describe the sluggard's excuses to not work, his sleeping habits, his overeating, and his tendency to be wise in his own eyes. None of these things are good habits to adopt in your life. Today's bad habit is that of oversleeping and being unwilling to get out of bed.

The sluggard is like a door that turns back and forth on its hinges. In this way the sluggard turns back and forth on his bed and refuses to get up and get to work. Remember, the word "sluggard" speaks of more than just an occasional laziness. It actually speaks of someone who hates work - and who loves his bed and his chair and his lounging time in life. Therefore he despises having to get up and get going.

Work ethic is important if we are going to be godly people. The one who does not want to get out of bed is lazy and undisciplined. The sluggard loves his bed - and does not want to get up and get going in the morning. I remember mornings like this - where it is so hard to get started. My mornings like this though, come more from being out late the night before - or from having a rough night. Unlike this - the sluggard is like this every day.

Beware of being one who loves their bed - and who loves sleeping in. This promotes laziness in people - and makes it very hard for them to get going in the morning. One of the most deadly things to someone who struggles with these things is the "snooze-bar." This niffty invention allows us to simply hit a bar on top of our clocks and buys us 5 more minutes of sleep. I remember times when I've hit this bar 5-10 times as I deceive myself into thinking that that extra 5 minutes is going to help me - and it won't hurt anyone else. What usually happens is that just about the time I'm back to sleep - the alarm goes off again. This does not yield the best sleep - but perpetuates my laziness while giving me the illusion of rest.

A wise man is resolute that unless he is sick - he will rise the first time the alarm goes off and begin his day. This keeps him from being a rusty old door turning back and forth on his hinges as he lays in bed. That will only encourage slothfulness - whereas even if he is tired when he first awakens - getting up and getting going will help him toward a far more productive day.

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The Many Excuses of the Sluggard to Avoid Work - Proverbs 26:13

9/23/2012

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The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!” - Proverbs 26:13

Excuses, excuses . . . is something that men who have been used of God in my life used to say to me. They would say it when I would try to use an excuse to cover for something that was far more an instance of laziness than a problem that developed. This is something many of us are guilty of - and yet unlike my experience they have not had someone who would call them so openly on it. I will admit that hearing my mentors call me openly on these things hurt at first - but it has been invaluable to me over the years. We all need someone who would be so painfully honest with us. That is what this proverb illustrates by showing the absurdity of the sluggard's excuses for not doing what he should do.

Here the sluggard makes statements that very well could be true. In Israel there are lions that are in the wilderness that surrounds the towns. This was especially the case when the country was far less developed than it is now. But in the day Solomon wrote this, it would not have been too odd to know that a lion was in any of these areas. Yet in saying this - it was not the everyday occurance to have a lion in these areas. And, if there was, a man's job was to get with other real men in the city and address the problem by going and driving the lion away or killing it to protect the people. This is NOT the response of the sluggard to this real or imagined situation.

We are introduced to the one making these claims by hearing that he is a sluggard. That means he disdains work and labor of any kind. He avoids it at all costs - or in this case with all his many stories of danger and trouble. There is a lion in the road - therefore I cannot go on the road to work! Guess I'll just have to stay inside today and be safe (or lazy - which is his normal position). There is a lion in the open square! Therefore I cannot go into the square and see if there is any work for the day. Therefore I cannot go and get food for the family at the market. Therefore I cannot do anything - because it is too dangerous. Oh woe is me - guess I'll have to spend another day inside laying around. Too bad they didn't have xbox 360 or Nintendo back then - becasue he could have beaten every game his wife or mother bought for him as he sat around and was a lazy bum. Sorry if that reference was too close to home - but if the shoe fits (or in this case the controller) wear it.

There are a myriad of excuses that the sluggard will use to avoid work and avoid doing the things he should be doing as a man or woman. God calls us to work - and it was something He commanded BEFORE the Fall! If we are not giving ourselves to valuable work - we are being lazy. I know that sounds harsh - but it is true. Honestly, it only sounds harsh because we've created a whole society that no longer values hard work. We've once again encouraged a welfare state where people wait for work to be given to them - and some don't even look for work, knowing that a bare subsistence living will be given to them by corrupt politicians who have long left the idea of compassion - and now are just creating a class of people who will support them as their power base - at least until the money runs out.

God called us to be working. I don't mean that we should never rest because God desires for us to be balanced in such things. But if we are not working - there is potentially a very big problem. Work is a godly thing - and honestly - it keeps us from a whole host of problems that arise when we are sedentary. Remember this . . . God worked for six days and rested on the seventh. Therefore it is wise for us to mirror the activity of our Father and our God. To do otherwise is to risk becoming a sluggard who seems to always have an excuse why he is not working or doing something useful in society, for his family, and even for himself. Dearest saints - be wise - let go of all the excuses - and WORK!
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Sight-Seeing at the Lazy Guy's House - Proverbs 24:30-34

8/22/2012

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I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,  And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.  When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.  "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"  Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.   Proverbs 24:30-34

There are certain things you can learn by making observations of physical things.  These are not always universally true - but they are true more often than not.  This particular observation was made by someone who knew that a field belonged to someone who was already known as a "sluggard."  Therefore it was known that this man was lazy and undisciplined.  The danger here is not knowing someone's character - and assuming things because of what you see physically. 

What we have here is someone who is making an observation about a sluggard's field or vineyard.  This person is known for two things.  First is that he is a sluggard.  The term refers to someone who is lazy and who shuns any kind of work.  The second observation is that he is also a man who seriously lacks sense.  As usual in the book of Proverbs the word here is actually the Hebrew word, "leb" which means heart.  What is referred to here is not this man's physical heart, but more his spiritual condition.  God is concerned about the state of our hearts - because our actions and our words come out of the overflow of our hearts.  Therefore the fact that this man lacks "heart" speaks more to the truth that he is lacking spiritual wisdom and a heart that turns to God for it. 

We continue to look at the sluggard and his field and we have this report given to us.  It wa a field and vineyard completely overgrown with weeds and nettles, which refers to thorny plants that make for a very unfruitful, unproductive field.  These things are there because of the laziness of the owner.  Not only was this field ignored agriculturally - but it was ignored physically too.  It is noted that the stone wall around it was broken down as well.  This most likely was not due to vandalism, but rather simple neglect over a long period of time.  Therefore there were serious weed problems - and also serious problems with animals getting in and destroying the crops as well.  This was a field ignored completely - and therefore would be a field that was grossly underproducing for its owner. 

Seeing such a field in an agrarian society made the onlooker reflect on things - actually he reflected on the owner of the field.  The word for "reflect" is the Hebrew word "siyt" and it means to focus one's heart and thinking on something.  One might say that this writer was taking this matter to heart.  He had God lay something on his heart as he looked.  The author of these verses was spiritually astute enough to have the Lord speak to him as he looked on this sad scene.  He received instruction as a result of what was before his eyes.  The words here speak not merely of knowledge - but rather of a kind of instructing that disciplines us and uses things to turn us from a destructive path.  That was what was happening here.  Oh that we would open ourselves to such "at-the-moment" instruction like this - that God could take anything and use it to help us walk in His ways.  Jesus spoke like this - using everyday pictures of life to help instruct His disciples (and us) how to walk with Him and honor His Father.

This was the comment he received.  It is said in a way that is placed in quotations.  There are those moments when God is about to speak to our hearts.  We need to be open and receptive to such "wisdom statements" from Him.  As the writer mused on this scene - the Lord spoke to his heart. 

The statement made to his heart had to do with sleeping too much, slumbering too much - and wanting to fold our hands and "take it easy."  God is not against rest - but He is against those who do not work hard.  The sluggard did not want to work - he wanted to rest, slumber, and fold his hands and refuse to work.  The state of his field was proof of these things.  He didn't want to work and do the things that would make for a productive and protected field.  He wanted a life of rest and relaxation. 

This brings me to comment on an oft-said phrase that I hear in our society.  "Don't work too hard," is said to me often - and I understand that people are not urging me to slothfulness.  But - in all honesty - I do need to work hard.  God said that in a fallen world like ours - being a hard working person will have a tendency to protect me . . . from me!  Too much time along - too much time without something productive to do - too much time to myself - and I will get into trouble.  I know - because I've been there - and I know how hard it is to keep me from being stupid when there is too much time on my hands.  Therefore I know that a life of hard work - of labor - and of productiveness (whether at work, or at home, or even in spiritual things) is good for me. 

The end of this proverb is telling.  What hapens when you get lazy and undisciplined.  God says that the end of such things is poverty.  There will be a poverty of finances because the sluggard won't have any crops.  There will be a poverty of character because the sluggard won't do what is necessary to develop it in cooperation with God.  There will be a poverty of spirit because we won't grow spiritually without some kind of discipline in our lives.  Poverty is coming - and is coming like a robber.  This word speaks of a vagabond who comes upon you and takes what you have.  Poverty will come if a man is lazy - and it will come like someone who walks up unannounced and steals your things.  Poverty is also coming like an armed man.  This speaks of those who came with armies - and who plundered after they took a city or town.  Poverty was coming to the sluggard - and was coming to plunder everything he had.  Laziness is costly - and it is a lesson that we too need to learn - even as we see its ravages all around us.
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Always Wanting but Never Working - Proverbs 21:25-26

7/24/2012

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The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work; All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back. Proverbs 21:25-26

The wrong kind of desire in our lives can kill us according to this proverb. It is the desire of the sluggard that puts him to death. That seems strange because my first take on this would be that it is the lack of desire that would be his demise.

The word for desire here is the Hebrew word "ta-awah" and it means to crave greedily. It indicates something that is attractive to the eyes - and therefore is desirable to the person who sees it. In the second verse of our proverb we are told that all day long the sluggard is craving. The literal here is that he is "desiring desire." So what is going on here that is so dangerous for the sluggard? The second word used for "craving" here means to be coveting - to strongly desire something that someone else has. Thus, we see from both verses that the sluggard is filled with a desire and a covetous craving for things.

What kills the sluggard is that he is content with desiring and craving. He has plenty of desires, he just does not do anything to actually fulfill them. Consumed with desire, lust, and greed - he "craves" himself to death. Let's look at this a little closer.

We read first in verse 25 that the sluggard refuses to work. This one is a dreamer - but not a worker. In fact he refuses to work or give hismelf to the kind of labor that would eventually cause him to prosper and succeed. When he "refuses to work" there is a rebellioin present in his refusal. This word was used of Pharaoh's rebelliousness toward God in refusing to let Israel go. Thus this is an outright rejection of work. And as he refuses to work - he begins coveting what others have who do work. His desires continue to grow - even while he does nothing to solve his situation. In the end his own desires are his demise. He is consumed with longing and with desire for things - but will never attain them. He sits in his chair longing - ever longing - but never doing. Thus he dies of intense desire and want - but will never lift a finger to get the things he desires.

We are told at the end of this proverb that the righteous has a fundamentally different way of living than the sluggard. The righteous gives and does not hold back his generosity. He is not one ever filled with longing - but with a desire to bless others. The wicked, slothful man holds back his desire to give - because he wants all he has for himself. The strange thing is he has nothing because he won't work for it. The righteous works hard for what he has - and yet does not allow desire to kill him. He is looking for ways to give to others - to bless others - and to invest in others. He will not only know physical life - but he will also know spiritual life too. He will be a life-giving rather than just a stuff-wanting force on earth. He will not hold back his desire to bless others - and will be overjoyed and fulfilled again and again as he does. 

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When Need is Just Laziness . . . Proverbs 20:4

4/20/2010

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The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing. Proverbs 20:4

Planning and preparation for the future provision is something that God encourages.  Here we read about the sluggard and lazy man again.  We read about how he does not want to work when he should be working.  In the autumn a good farmer should be plowing so that he is ready to put in a crop.  The sluggard does not want to plow - because he cannot see past the nose on his face when it comes to the future.  Instead the sluggard has many more important things he thinks he needs to be doing.  Most likely these things are play rather than work.  So he applies himself to his own lazy pursuits and pays for it dearly in the end.

We read that when the harvest comes, the sluggard is begging for food.  He has nothing because he has done nothing.  While those who have planned and worked hard reap the fruits of their labor, the sluggard is looking at the big pile of nothing his laziness has provided for him.  He is out begging - and playing the poor, pitiful me card. 

I'm about to say something that needs to be said in our society.  There are two kinds of needy people in the world today.  There are the truly needy who have fallen on hard times.  They are willing to work and desire to do the right thing - but for reasons beyond their control either health or other factors have put them in need.  These people deserve our help and support through their difficult times.  We want to offer them a hand up - because that is what they truly want - a hand up - as they regain their footing.  They do not want a hand out - because their desire in the end is to be working and being self-sufficient once again.  The second kind of needy person is the sluggard.  He is the one who is needy because of his own lack of character and neglect.  He does not work hard - he doesn't want to work at all.  He is lazy and preoccupied with his leisure and desire for others to provide for him.  To help this man is to hurt him in the end.  What this man needs is to experience hunger and true desperation.  He will cry out that others who are diligent and hard working have an unfair advantage.  He will cry out that they get all the breaks - while he gets nothing.  He will cry out that what government should do is tax and take from the diligent and give to those less fortunate.  The problem is his "less-fortunate-ness" is his own doing - or lack of doing as this verse points out.  To reward him with provision is to simply encourage him to continue in his laziness.  What the sluggard needs is not a hand out - but a hand upside his head.  He needs a serious reality check - and some hard knocks that will shake him out of his lethargy. 

Scripture never begrudges providing for the truly poor and needy.  But the same Bible that speaks of giving to the poor - also warns us that some of the poor are that way by slothful choice.  These are the ones who need more than just some help financially - they need a serious fundamental moral change when it comes to their work ethic.  When we offer them THAT help - we are truly helping them where their need is greatest.
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What You Can Learn from an Ant . . . Proverbs 6:6

4/6/2010

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Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,   Proverbs 6:6

The sluggard is commanded to go look at an insect.  But this particular insect, the ant, has much to teach him.  The ant is a remarkable creature who exercises foresight, industry, and economy in what it does. The sluggard has none of these things.  The word sluggard simply means a lazy, useless one.  The interesting thing is what this laziness is  associated with in Scripture.  It is associated with moral failure - with getting nothing out of life - with tardiness - and with arrogance and pride. 

God tells the sluggard to go observe the ant, to see what the ant does.  The ways of the ant are what are to be viewed - and that takes us back to her industry, her hard work, her discipline to get things done at the proper time.  The sluggard is told that if he would emulate the ant - he would become wise.

It would be easy for us to look at the sluggard and judge him.  But before we are too hasty we might want to take a look at ourselves and see if there are any similarities.  The current state of Christianity too often mirrors the sluggard.  As a society we have more free time than just about any other society before us - and yet our ignorance of the Scritpures is astounding.  Things like television, movies, and a thousand other pursuits dominate our lives while the work of the kingdom often languishes for workers.  We approach children's and youth sports with an almost religious fervor - as well as any other activity that we can do for our children.  Yet when it comes to our children being taught the things of the Lord - we yet languish again.  For all our free time it is interesting to note that one of the most oft heard complaints I experience is that our families and individuals struggle with the pace and hectic nature of their lives. 

Maybe we too can learn a great deal from the ant and her ways?  Maybe we should observe her and learn - and become wise?
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A Lion to Keep One Lyin' Around . . . Proverbs 22:13

11/22/2009

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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!" Proverbs 22:13

Ah, the things a lazy person will do to keep from working.  The imaginations of his own mind - which does little else than making up new things that will keep him from work - run amok when the thought of actually getting up and doing something threaten.

The sluggard always sees the imminent danger - no matter how ridiculous.  This keeps him from having to go outside and work or do something profitable.  Ever notice that the world will give you a thousand reasons NOT to do something.  If we actually listened to all the "dangers" that are out there - we would do nothing but sit in our homes (which we've learned lately can be just as dangerous as going outside) and be concerned with a thousand imagined dangers that lurk just outside our door.

The wise man seeks the Lord to discover what is dangerous.  He does not live in fear of the supposed evil that lurks everywhere behind every new turn.  Instead, he looks to God for direction for each new day - then walks out the door to work hard as unto His Lord.

I'm not making light of the real dangers that are out there - but too often we learn everything is bad for us - everything is dangerous - and everything is harmful to our health.  If we actually listened to all this - we'd be like the sluggard who looks for any excuse not to be doing something valuable.  The real danger in all this is that we will become so consumed with the imagined dangers of life that we become good for nothing.  The sluggard does this to keep from having to ever work. 

Here's my encouragement for each day from this verse.  Seek the face of God each morning - listen to what He has to say through His Word and through His Holy Spirit.  After you do this - strike out into each new day energized by what God has to say.  This will give you a passion for your life - and for the work He has for you to do each day.  It is His will that you work hard - doing something valuable each day.  It is His will that you go out and be a change-agent in this world.  The fact is that we will all die of something before this life is over - just don't let it be laziness!
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