He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 10:4-5
Poverty can be caused by any number of reasons. Unexpected events, sickness, even political
upheaval can cause financial ruin and hardship.
It would be totally false to suggest that poverty is always caused by
laziness. However, it would be equally
false to say that poverty is never caused by sloth. Again, the proverbs are not guarantees, they
are observations about how God designed the world to operate. God made the world such that diligence in
work brings a profitable and positive return.
The Lord may yet allow poverty to strike any one of us, but let it be a
result of His greater plan to work in and though our lives as we fill up the
sufferings of Christ and not because of our sinful unwillingness to redeem the
time that has been given to us by His amazing grace.
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