Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Oh Friends, can you believe that Scrip-Bit is now in its fourth calendar year! Wow! What a far cry from its humble beginnings in Feb/March of 2007. Hn, hn! I distinctly remember chuckling long, but not too hard, at the absurdity of the idea, when the Lord first broached it. Then I sadly informed Him that I wasn’t capable of writing on scriptural matters. Me, write about scripture? What a blast! I wasn’t qualified. But when He sets something in motion, He never takes no for an answer, as I eventually found out. However, as He’s always said, and certainly proven in this case, He never assigns us a task without the wherewithal to do it. Surprisingly too, three years later, a fair number of people are seriously interested in what I write, and I have certainly matured in my Christian walk. It hasn’t always been easy, though not truly difficult in the real sense of the word. It’s been mostly time consuming, and above all, requiring much perseverance. There were many times I didn’t know what to write about and pleaded for help. And yuh know what Friends? Our God always came through. Not always how or when I desired, but He always made a made way, and still does. Yes mih people, it’s been all the Lord’s doing. It’s only through His strength and guidance that I’ve been able to sustain it for so long. As Bruh Paul so rightly declared: ‘I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.’ (1 Cor.3:6) That’s so true my brethren; it’s always the Lord who gives whatever increase or success we achieve. It might appear that our hard work made all the difference, and it does make some, but without God’s positive and purposeful intervention, nothing will ever prosper. By the same token, we just can’t leave everything to God and expect it to flourish, because accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour means we’ve entered into a partnership with Him, and partners always have a specific role to play. Now if we play our part, then the Lord will play His, but we’ve usually got to play ours first, through some unwavering faith, trust and surrender to His omniscient will. As our Bit says: ‘He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand.’ Meaning that if one is continually negligent and uninspired, you certainly won’t increase and poverty will be your eventual lot. And as Cousin Sol further contends: ‘Slothfulness (laziness) casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.’ (Prov.19:15) Oh Friends, have you ever wondered how Sol came up with all those wise, truthful sayings? Even though the Lord imbued him with enormous wisdom, Sol himself obviously didn’t deal with a slack hand. He obviously had to put plenty elbow grease into his divinations. I don’t know if we can call him the inventor of research, but he surely spent a lot of time studying nature and human behaviour. He undoubtedly practiced what he preached: ‘but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.’ Now that is so true, for without diligence; meaning things like active searching for ideas, information and materials, plus positive effort, perseverance and perspiration, no project or scheme will ever come to successful fruition. Listen to some more of Sol’s wise words on the subject. ‘The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.’ (Prov.12:24) Words to live by mih people! The diligent and hardworking shall rule, while the lazy shall be put to forced labour. And isn’t that the way life usually evolves? Those with get up and go usually lord it over the lazy and slothful. And lest we forget Friends, those two words, lazy and slothful, do not exist in Jesus’ vocabulary, neither should they exist in those of His followers. Remember the number one goal in all of Jesus’ activities, and hence His followers, is excellence. We should always aspire to be excellent. That is one of the attributes that separates believers from the usual run of the mill, ordinary individuals; believers try to do things well, or don’t do them at all. So if you’re lazy, or given to slackness, then you can’t truthfully call yourself a Christian, because you’re not exerting yourself to further Christ’s kingdom, and that’s the mark of a true believer. Hear some more of Sol’s wisdom on the matter. ‘The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.’ (Prov.13:4) More words of gospel my brethren! Lazy, sluggish people have great desires, want a lot, but really have nothing. Just sitting idly by and wanting or desiring doesn’t make it so. But the person who gets up and does something positive about those wants and desires will eventually get them. And sadly Friends, today’s society is riddled with too many lazy, uncouth sluggards, those who want all the finery life has to offer but refuse to work for it. And it’s not even so much a matter of honesty, because a successful crook has to work twice as hard as an honest man, but it’s more in the value of doing something and attempting to do it well. There’s so much enticement, ‘eye-candy’ out there, and so many invitations from the enemy, pointing out the ease with which we can try or acquire them, that one has to be spiritually strong to resist most of the temptations. But unfortunately, a lot of us, especially the youth, don’t have that spiritual belly and backbone to say no to many of the worldly lusts thrust at us. Oh my people, I’m imploring us to not let laziness filled with great want and lust for worldly things be our way of life, but rather, let’s work on the principle of excellence in all things worthy of Jesus’ Name. Much LOVE!…by the sweat of thy brow…thou shalt eat bread…
Oh Friends, can you believe that Scrip-Bit is now in its fourth calendar year! Wow! What a far cry from its humble beginnings in Feb/March of 2007. Hn, hn! I distinctly remember chuckling long, but not too hard, at the absurdity of the idea, when the Lord first broached it. Then I sadly informed Him that I wasn’t capable of writing on scriptural matters. Me, write about scripture? What a blast! I wasn’t qualified. But when He sets something in motion, He never takes no for an answer, as I eventually found out. However, as He’s always said, and certainly proven in this case, He never assigns us a task without the wherewithal to do it. Surprisingly too, three years later, a fair number of people are seriously interested in what I write, and I have certainly matured in my Christian walk. It hasn’t always been easy, though not truly difficult in the real sense of the word. It’s been mostly time consuming, and above all, requiring much perseverance. There were many times I didn’t know what to write about and pleaded for help. And yuh know what Friends? Our God always came through. Not always how or when I desired, but He always made a made way, and still does. Yes mih people, it’s been all the Lord’s doing. It’s only through His strength and guidance that I’ve been able to sustain it for so long. As Bruh Paul so rightly declared: ‘I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.’ (1 Cor.3:6) That’s so true my brethren; it’s always the Lord who gives whatever increase or success we achieve. It might appear that our hard work made all the difference, and it does make some, but without God’s positive and purposeful intervention, nothing will ever prosper. By the same token, we just can’t leave everything to God and expect it to flourish, because accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour means we’ve entered into a partnership with Him, and partners always have a specific role to play. Now if we play our part, then the Lord will play His, but we’ve usually got to play ours first, through some unwavering faith, trust and surrender to His omniscient will. As our Bit says: ‘He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand.’ Meaning that if one is continually negligent and uninspired, you certainly won’t increase and poverty will be your eventual lot. And as Cousin Sol further contends: ‘Slothfulness (laziness) casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.’ (Prov.19:15) Oh Friends, have you ever wondered how Sol came up with all those wise, truthful sayings? Even though the Lord imbued him with enormous wisdom, Sol himself obviously didn’t deal with a slack hand. He obviously had to put plenty elbow grease into his divinations. I don’t know if we can call him the inventor of research, but he surely spent a lot of time studying nature and human behaviour. He undoubtedly practiced what he preached: ‘but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.’ Now that is so true, for without diligence; meaning things like active searching for ideas, information and materials, plus positive effort, perseverance and perspiration, no project or scheme will ever come to successful fruition. Listen to some more of Sol’s wise words on the subject. ‘The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.’ (Prov.12:24) Words to live by mih people! The diligent and hardworking shall rule, while the lazy shall be put to forced labour. And isn’t that the way life usually evolves? Those with get up and go usually lord it over the lazy and slothful. And lest we forget Friends, those two words, lazy and slothful, do not exist in Jesus’ vocabulary, neither should they exist in those of His followers. Remember the number one goal in all of Jesus’ activities, and hence His followers, is excellence. We should always aspire to be excellent. That is one of the attributes that separates believers from the usual run of the mill, ordinary individuals; believers try to do things well, or don’t do them at all. So if you’re lazy, or given to slackness, then you can’t truthfully call yourself a Christian, because you’re not exerting yourself to further Christ’s kingdom, and that’s the mark of a true believer. Hear some more of Sol’s wisdom on the matter. ‘The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.’ (Prov.13:4) More words of gospel my brethren! Lazy, sluggish people have great desires, want a lot, but really have nothing. Just sitting idly by and wanting or desiring doesn’t make it so. But the person who gets up and does something positive about those wants and desires will eventually get them. And sadly Friends, today’s society is riddled with too many lazy, uncouth sluggards, those who want all the finery life has to offer but refuse to work for it. And it’s not even so much a matter of honesty, because a successful crook has to work twice as hard as an honest man, but it’s more in the value of doing something and attempting to do it well. There’s so much enticement, ‘eye-candy’ out there, and so many invitations from the enemy, pointing out the ease with which we can try or acquire them, that one has to be spiritually strong to resist most of the temptations. But unfortunately, a lot of us, especially the youth, don’t have that spiritual belly and backbone to say no to many of the worldly lusts thrust at us. Oh my people, I’m imploring us to not let laziness filled with great want and lust for worldly things be our way of life, but rather, let’s work on the principle of excellence in all things worthy of Jesus’ Name. Much LOVE!…by the sweat of thy brow…thou shalt eat bread…
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