March 28, 2013 – Proverbs 12 – 13:5

“The diligent hand will govern, but sloth makes for forced labor” 12:24

When I read this I thought about the state of our nation and what things look like going forward.  I think everyone would agree that our government has not been diligent in its governing and has had an attitude of doing whatever it wants and expecting someone else to worry about paying for it.  That may not be exactly slothful, but it is pretty close.  And what has it led to.  Well, if we are going to get out of this, it will mean that people will have to be taxed to death, government will take more and more control, those in the middle will slide further down and rely more and more on the government and (it will never be titled this) we will have forced labor.  Everyone will be working for the government or relying on the government.  And here it is, in the Bible, exactly what sloth will lead to, whether in your individual life or on a larger scale.  We have let our government run wild with spending and promising us everything and accepting it and it will be paid for.