Laziness is a sin. The problem with it is that it is a sin that is difficult to commit\u00a0and stop there. It is always committed with other sins that are a part of the packet.\u00a0David was idling at home instead of being at the battle front. In his idleness he\u00a0committed the following sins:<\/p>\n
1.Lust.<\/p>\n
2.Adultery.<\/p>\n
3.Deceit.<\/p>\n
4.Lying.<\/p>\n
5.Corruption.<\/p>\n
6.Murder.<\/p>\n
There is a proverb that says, \u201cSatan finds work for idle hands.\u201d He really found work for\u00a0David. He will find work for all lazy people. He will also find work for those hard-\u00a0working people who take time off hard work to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of the\u00a0sin of laziness for a moment.<\/p>\n
Laziness also leads its captives to commit the sin of jealousy. Because the lazy per-\u00a0son will end up having less and less spiritually and materially, because he is often\u00a0trapped into the sin of comparison, he always ends up committing the sin of jealousy. He will look at the progress of the one who has worked hard, and jealousy\u00a0will well up in his heart, a jealousy that could eat him and others. Cain murdered\u00a0Abel out of jealousy.<\/p>\n
Laziness will also open the door for the sin of lying. A person who is lazy has to\u00a0give one excuse after another in order to explain the fact that he has not done as\u00a0well as he ought to have done. Most of these explanations are lies. So he ends up\u00a0committing the deadly sin of lying, which the Bible says all who commit, will go to\u00a0hell (Revelation 21:8).<\/p>\n
Laziness may lead to theft. When the lazy person has failed to have what he needs,\u00a0he may steal to have his needs met. He may steal in false declaration of taxes; in\u00a0using the money given him for others or for the Lord\u2019s work, and so forth.<\/p>\n
Laziness may lead to divorce. The Lord hates divorce, but many a marriage in\u00a0which the man is lazy often ends up in divorce, because the husband is unable to\u00a0meet the needs of his family.<\/p>\n
Laziness often leads to drunkenness. The lazy person, while searching for some-\u00a0thing to occupy his time, often becomes a victim of alcohol and perhaps drugs; for\u00a0he seeks solace in these, and each is forbidden by the Lord.<\/p>\n
Laziness may lead to stubbornness. The lazy person is often plagued with an inferiority complex because of his needs and wants. Often, this inferiority is manifested\u00a0in him in the form of stubbornness. Even when he recognizes that he is wrong and\u00a0should accept counsel, he will not have it for fear that he may be further despised.\u00a0He, therefore, tries to prove tough. He tries to prove that he is in control and finally\u00a0becomes the person of whom the Bible says:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly\u201d\u00a0(Proverbs 26:16).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Laziness may lead to the sin of anger. The children of lazy people often resemble\u00a0their parents by becoming lazy. A lazy father often hates laziness in his children,\u00a0but he forgets that their laziness is an extension of his own laziness.<\/p>\n Laziness may lead to the sin of pride. Often a lazy person covers his failure and\u00a0purposelessness by becoming very haughty and proud. He may be nothing, but he\u00a0is so taken up with conceit that he may become totally unapproachable. It is a matter of fact that the devil can get a man to boast about that for which he ought to be utterly ashamed. So, often, the lazy person is proud, filled with himself.\u00a0We could go on and on, but l believe we have made the point that laziness will lead\u00a0to disaster. It is the mother of a multitude of sins.\u00a0It goes without question that anyone who does not want to commit this catalogue\u00a0of sins will separate himself, at any cost, from laziness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n