Read Proverbs 26:13-16

Read Proverbs 26:13-16  Our verses talk about a lazy person.  Can you remember the two Bible names in our verses for a lazy person?  The first three verses call him a slothful man and the last verse calls him a sluggard.  Both just mean that he is lazy.  Verse 13 says that the sluggard will use any excuse not to go to work.  How many times have you seen a lion running around in town?  Where do you usually find lions running wild?  Certainly not in town.  But the sluggard says that he is afraid to go to work because there just might be a lion outside his door.  Wow!  What a lame excuse!  Then the second verse tells us that just like a door is attached to the wall and swings in and out, and in and out, so the sluggard is attached to his bed.  Now I know we need our rest, but the sluggard sleeps, and sleeps, and sleeps.  He is too lazy to get out of bed.  When he wakes up, he just turns over in his bed.  Then when he wakes up again, he just turns back over and goes right back to sleep.  He is too lazy to get up!  Our third verse on laziness says that if a lazy person had a candy bar in his pocket, he would be too lazy to put his hand inside and pull it out again.  That is pretty lazy!  Our last verse tells us that no matter what you say, the lazy person has a reason for why he can't do his work.  Verse 16 even says that a lazy person has more excuses ready than seven people who have good reasons for going to work.  You just can't talk to a lazy person.  He always has an excuse for not doing his work.  So what about you?  Do you do your chores at home?  Do you do your school work?  Or are you lazy and just offer excuses?  I hope not.  Let's get busy and do our jobs.  Let's be pleasing to our parents and pleasing to the Lord.