Blessed Diligence
Proverbs 10:4
He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Insight
Daily observation confirms the fact that lazy hands bring poverty, while diligent hands bring wealth, the reward of the harvest. Industry was the law of paradise (Genesis 2:15), and although it now bears the stamp of the Fall (Genesis 3:19), it is still a blessing and under God’s providence brings wealth. The Lord’s favors were never given to loiterers. Moses and the shepherds of Bethlehem were keeping watch over their flocks (Exodus 3:1–2; Luke 2:8–9). Gideon was busy in his threshing floor (Judges 6:11). “Our idle days,” as Bishop Hall has observed, “are Satan’s busy days.” 1
Application
The secret to being diligent with consistency is to inquire of God each day for His will for your life. It is not necessarily the quantity of things that are accomplished, it is more about the quality of work by using your time wisely. How can you be a better steward of your time and your resources?
Motivation
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” John 6:27
The lost art of diligent living is worth rediscovering.
Prayer
Father, thank You for the grace and power of the Holy Spirit for me to be diligent about the Kingdom of God.
1. Bridges, C. (2001). Proverbs (p. 67). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.