NOTHING FOR LAZY BONES -Daily devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Eccles 1-3
NOTHING FOR LAZY BONES Thursday, March 25, 2010
MEMORIZE: “As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed” (Prov. 26:14) READ: 1 Kings 19:19-21 Exodus 3:1-4 relates Moses’ encounter with God at the backside of the desert. He was busy minding his father-in-law’s sheep when he stumbled on the sight that changed his life. The busy can encounter God. Some people think that if you are too busy, you would miss out from  divine visitations. But it really depends on what you are busy doing. If your time is occupied in an activity that glorifies God, no matter how busy you are, you can encounter the Most High. If you are lazy however, that vice is sufficient to prevent a divine visitation. In Judges 6:11-24, Gideon was very busy threshing wheat at a hidden wine press when he was visited by an angel and was commissioned on a divine assignment. Similarly, when God called Elisha through the national prophet in 1 Kings 19:19-21, he was very busy farming. If you look through Scriptures, it appears God always selects the hardworking to work for Him. As long as you remain lazy, you may never encounter a divine touch.  God has nothing for lazy bones except they first quit from laziness. Although some people fail to realize it, laziness is one reason God bypasses some believers while appointing others for serious ministerial assignments. You have to prove to God that you are capable of doing what He wants done before you are chosen for that particular assignment. “As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison” (Acts 8:3). One trait in Saul which attracted him to God was hardwork. He was very busy for the devil. He spearheaded the persecution of the Early Church. A doctor at law, yet he despised his excellent credentials and went on house to house evangelism for Satan. While he was busy doing this, God saw in him a vessel He could use. There are some people even as unbelievers, that were lazy.  Such people never amount to anything substantial in God’s Kingdom.   As long as you keep deferring the work on your table till tomorrow, sleeping when you have work to do, or handling God’s work shoddily, you may not attract a divine visitation. Why?  If God visits the lazy, He knows He won’t be entertained like industrious Abraham. Hard working unbelievers are candidates for Salvation. Pray that God will bring about a change in them for good. ACTION POINT: Ministry is not for the lazy.  If you are lazy and you are in ministry, think twice: you may be in the wrong place.