August 8________________________________________
A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
-Proverbs 28:19(NLT)
A HARD WORKER’S PAYOFF
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you chase fantasies
You end up in poverty
A hard worker will have plenty
A dreamer will experience famine.
When you go after unrealistic goals
It won’t materialize, you won’t grow
Someone who works very hard
They will have bounty and be glad.
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Proverbs 6:6-8 refers us to the most hard working specie of all, the ants. The verse says “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. There are other bible verses that tells us the importance of work. Proverbs 12:11 says whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense. Proverbs 14:23 tells us that in all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
God created all creation in six days out of seven. He didn’t rest for six days and work only for a day. This tells us clearly how important it is to work. Though he commanded to have a day of rest, he also emphasized that if one works hard, they will never go hungry. He discourages us from fantasizing which only leads to poverty.
PRAYER
Lord, give me wisdom to always work hard.
REFLECTION
Give an example of the payoff of hard work in your life.
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