“Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!” (Proverbs 6:6 NLT)
I don't think too many of the people I know would consider themselves lazy. Most of us are so busy we don't have time to be lazy. Either extreme (laziness or busyness) has negative consequences for our lives. The greatest struggle for many is taking time away from busyness to rest and refresh their bodies, souls and minds. Busyness comes easy for lots of us...while rest is much harder. Somewhere between the two extremes (laziness or busyness) is a balance that is healthy for every aspect of our lives. It is not laziness when we set aside periods to be alone with our families, take periodic vacations, turn off our cell phones for awhile, stay away from social media for a time, have a regular scheduled date with our spouses, do some fun things with our kids, and other similar types of things we need to do in moderation to just relax. It seems to me that the lazy person fails to say “yes" to the priorities he “ought to get done.” The (overly) busy person, however, fails to say “no” to the things that conflict with right (!!) priorities. I tend toward being too busy, so I’m still a work in progress. The thing is...it’s OK to rest! God built it into the whole universe when He created everything in six days and "rested" on the seventh! We have to develop a rhythm to life that lets us find appropriate periods for both work and rest. Actually, sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is...sleep!
