One of the things we must do next
year is work hard. God is bringing us to a higher level. It will demand a lot
more than we have ever known. Though our faith is not in our hard work but in
the God who strengthens us and breaths upon all we do to give us the increase
because many people work hard and get nothing in return, we still have to work
hard. I know there is the group of people who feel they do not need God as long
as they work hard, they will prosper. I pray that such people do not have to
learn the truth the hard way. We are accountable to God for every opportunity
and potential amongst other things, which He makes available to us so we can’t
just ignore them.
1
Corinthians 4: 2amp “moreover, it is (essentially) required of stewards that a
man should be found faithful (proving himself worthy of trust)”
Our God is not a lazy God. He is
introduced straight up as a hardworking God in the bible. We see God working
very hard as soon as He is introduced to us in the bible. He is so diligent
that He takes out time at very point to check that His work is well done. So
that by the time we see Him resting, it was a well-deserved rest for a
hardworking God. Every person that works hard is entitled to sometime of rest
but what is a lazy man doing resting; his end will surely be very bad.
There are different scriptures in
the bible that show us that God expects us to work. He says He will bless the
work of our hands; whatever our hands find to do, we should do with all of our
might and several other scriptures. So, where do we get this idea that it is
okay to do nothing sit back and wait for the wealth of other people to fall
into our hands. Then we back it up with the scripture that says the wealth of
the wicked is laid up for the righteous. I’m sorry to disappoint you but it is
not laid up for the lazy righteous because they would ruin it. It is laid up
for the servant that knows how and works hard enough to multiply it. In the
parable of the talents, the lazy servant would be disdained and all he had
would be taken from him.
Luke
19: 15b-17 “He returned and called in the servants to whom he had given money.
He wanted to find out what their profits were. The first servant reported,
master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount! Well
done! The king exclaimed, you are a good servant. You have been faithful with
the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your
reward.”
Sometimes we give the interesting
excuse that we are spending time with the Lord when really it is not so. When
we ought to be working that is when we then choose to have our “quiet time.” I
want you to know that God meets us where we ought to be. When you ought to be
working, He meets you at your place of work as you work. He announced the birth
of His son to shepherds as they watched their flocks by night. He met Zachariah
as he carried on his priestly duties and Zachariah completed His work before he
left to go home. God wants us to work while it is yet day.
Romans
12: 11 “Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically”
It is time for every believer to
get up and do something. Whatever your hands find to do, I encourage you to
apply yourself to doing it. No matter how small it may seem because we have a
God whose breathe is able to make small things great. We are responsible to God
for all that He has put in us. Make a decision to work hard as God empowers
you.
