This Sunday, August 21st @ 10 AM

This Sunday, 8/21/2022 @ 10 AM, we will continue with “Poking Around Proverbs Pt.4!”

This past week we looked at one of those taboo subjects, being LAZY! Solomon used the life of an ant to drive home the need to be diligent with all our time. As Solomon pointed out, ants don’t have anyone telling them what to do, they just do it! Instinctive to the ant is the understanding of what needs to be done and when to do it. There are no ants wondering what to do or waiting for someone else to do it or putting off till tomorrow what needs to be done today. In fact, there is not an ant anywhere in the world at any time sitting around doing nothing! Unspoken, but clearly conveyed in Solomon’s illustration is that no one is coming to make you do anything! The ants are self-motivated, driven by the desire to be diligent. You see the issue is not what we do with some of our time, it is what we do with all our time. In addition, just because you work doesn’t mean you’re not LAZY, because we all know the guy, we work with that won’t do his job! Solomon’s warning was that laziness can lead to sudden and catastrophic circumstances if we are not careful.

We also looked at something else that Solomon seemed to connect to laziness, and that is people because they have nothing to do…doing nasty things! You know the person that just loves to stir up trouble and strife…busybodies, gossipers who love to lie and take joy in other people’s strife and pain…which they cause by the way! Solomon said these people are sons and daughters of the Devil! More importantly, Solomon said God hates both them and what they do. His point to us is to have nothing to do with such people. When you see someone who loves to stir up trouble, Solomon said you are not dealing with Betty Lou, you are dealing with the Devil himself…separate yourself from such people and have nothing at all to do with anyone like that and know they will get what they deserve!

This week we will hand pick some more gems from the wisdom of Solomon. Join us this week for “Looking for Gems” as we continue “Poking Around Proverbs” Sundays @ 10 AM.  Forest Park Baptist Church/132 Gum St. Randleman NC. 27317 www.forestparkbc.com