Today's Devotional
January 16, 2007
Subject: It's Cold And...
Proverbs 20:4 - "The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
Southeast Texas winters have really made us soft here in the Houston area. With the specter of snow flurries and sub-freezing temperatures, stores closed and some school districts cancelled classes. As I ventured out to the gym this morning, I realized, well it's just cold. Sometimes there are safety reasons for cancelling plans, but sometimes it's just a convenient excuse.
The scripture above talks about the kind of person that looks for excuses for not doing what they should be doing. It calls them a sluggard. A sluggard is a habitually lazy person. Someone who doesn't look for work and who always looks for a reason not to is a sluggard.
Today in Houston, it's cold. So what? It's a great day to work and the harvest is coming. The work we do now will yield its results then. Don't let the weather stop you from being blessed.
