DILIGENCE
2 Timothy 2:14-19
NKJV
Devotional:- "Be diligent to
present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth". (V. 15)
Laziness is a sign of irresponsibility.
To be lazy the person always dodges responsibility and not willing to take a
task. A lazy person will have to tell lies sometimes. Many times he or she will
have to pretend. Always looking for how to manipulate and turn responsibilities
away from his or herself. Such people are always excited only when there is fun.
Their definition of fun is idleness.
If you are lazy you cannot be a true
believer. There are too many things we accommodate in the name of church. To be
lazy means you are not growing in the Lord. The spirit of God is a diligent Spirit.
If people in your office or fellowship are always complaining about you, even
God will also complain. God hate laziness and irresponsibility, God wants his
children to be diligent (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12).
Friend, to be a true believer you must
be diligent and love to work. Don’t be pulling it down when others are pushing
it up. Don’t be cold; be hot in the office or in the House of the Lord (Revelation
3:15-16). Don’t let your home be like a rat house. Put in your best to whatever
you are doing. Be a good representative of Christ.
Prayer: Lord, give me a diligent
spirit.
“Diligence
makes you a shining example of Christ”
