Proverbs 22: Excuses, Excuses

Have you ever made up excuses for why you didn't do something?

"The water makes my hands dry out, so I didn't do the dishes."
"There is a loud, angry dog outside, so I cant mow the lawn."
"My parents gave me too many chores, so I didn't have time to do my homework."
"I just didn’t have time."
"There is a lion in the street, I cant go to work."

Oh wait... that last one is in this chapter (verse 13).

You know the sluggard (or lazy person) will make up any excuse just to get out of doing what they are supposed to do. Do you find yourself  not doing things often and then making excuses?

Let me tell you that it won’t be the lion that kills you, but your laziness will, in a sense, kill you.

Repent of this sin, and do all your work unto the God.

Proverbs 6: Laziness

Laziness is a sin that many people struggle with. We tend to avoid hard work and instead expect things to be done for us. Maybe we complain when we are supposed to do chores or our homework. But life takes hard work, and the Christian life takes even more hard work.

In this chapter Solomon uses the illustration of an ant, here is what he says in vereses 7-8: "Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest."

The ant doesn’t need anyone to watch over it making sure that it does what it needs to do. And neither should you. You should fulfill your obligations for school and in your home without your parents riding you the whole time.