13:4, ESV)
3. Laziness often leads to poverty. - “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to
rest, and poverty will come upon
you like a robber, and want like
an armed man.” (Proverbs 6:10–
11, ESV)
4. Laziness is
often
destructive. - “Whoever
is slack in his
work is a brother
to
him
who
destroys.” (Proverbs 18:9, ESV)
5. Laziness often
leads to disrepair. - “Through
sloth the roof
sinks in, and
through
indolence the house
leaks.” (Ecclesiastes
10:18,
ESV)
6. Laziness is
often marked by
difficulty in life.
- “The way of a
sluggard is like a
hedge of thorns,
but the path of
the upright is a
level highway.”
(Proverbs 15:19,
ESV)
honest (Psalm 15, Genesis 39)
3. God is pleased when I submit
(1 Timothy 6:1, Romans 13:7)
4. God is pleased when I treat
others in kindness (Luke 6:31,
Romans 12:18)
5. God is pleased when I refuse
to ignore unethical behavior
Yet, the Scripture is not silent
on the subject of work and provides an ample amount of guidance and insight. As parents, we
can’t simply expect our children
to pick these up along the way,
we must be intentional about our
efforts to instill them.
We need to
balance
their
approach
of
work through
the
priorities
we uphold
One of the subtle
dangers that all
parents have to
contend against
is inadvertently
teaching
our
kids to become
workaholics. It
doesn’t happen
overnight
but
over time as we
lead by word
and example, if
we do not make
sure to leave
room for rest,
reprieve
and
relaxation,
we
risk the danger
of creating lop
sided children.
Like
anything
In addition to the
lop sided, the
above principles
problem isn’t so
which speak to
much with wrong
the dangers of
ingredients but
laziness, there
with too much
(Ephesians 5:11-13)
are numerous principles in 6. God is pleased when I dili- of one thing or another. Such is
God’s Word which help us cap- gently plan for the future (Prov- the case with lop sided children.
ture and teach the ways of God erbs 21:5)
They never learn the value of a
as it relates to our work.
balanced life, lived well. One
One thing is for certain, we will author says it this way:
1. God is pleased when I give have no need to teach our chil- The solution to the work addicmy all (Colossians 3:23-24)
dren to be lazy, to put things tion is not just cutting down on
2. God is pleased when I am off or to choose the easy route. hours. That simply creates a