DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 13 July 2022 — Student Sluggards
DCLM Higher Everyday 13 July 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Student Sluggards
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TOPIC: STUDENT SLUGGARDS
TEXT: PROVERBS 20:4-7
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
MEMORY VERSE: “The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing” (PROVERBS 20:4).
MESSAGE:
A sluggard is a person who is lazy, stupid and idle or exhibits slothful habits. A sluggard is a poltroon or a mean-spirited wretch. Nothing kills a person like idleness.
A lazy person has over a thousand reasons why he or she will not work, read or support others to achieve a meaningful purpose. The cumulative effect of being a sluggard is poverty.
Some common attributes and characteristics of a student sluggard are: blaming others, making excuses, creating false impression, dodging activities, joining bad groups, double mindedness, instability, faithlessness, complaining and wretchedness.
God did not create anybody a sluggard. The principle of work is written in all of God’s creation; though God provides food for every bird, He does not throw it into its nest – they go out to seek it.
Are you a student sluggard? If you do not attend classes regularly, pay attention in class, take down notes, do given assignments and study regularly, then what are you? A sluggard, of course. Is Christ your Saviour? Have a talk with Him for a change.
QUOTE: Nothing kills a person like idleness.
CHALLENGE: Diligence changes poor records.
PRAYER: May the word sluggard not be mentioned concerning me, O God!
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
