Diligence, not excuses
"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence." (Samuel Johnson) Being excited about something is not enough. You must also know what you are doing. Don’t rush into something, or you might do it wrong. (Proverbs 19:2) For lazy people, life is a path overgrown with thorns and thistles. For those who do what is right, it is a smooth highway. (Proverbs 14:9) Faith demands diligence - we cannot focus on obedient steps until we are diligent to consider and act upon all God has shown us. There is absolutely no place for laziness in our Christian walk. We may want to 'rest upon our laurels' a bit, but when we consider what happens when we do, we might just reconsider that desire! Resting upon one's laurels means we settle for remembrance of past success - we fail to move forward. We do absolutely nothing to ensure our present or future success. We might hear God asking us to get up, get busy with him, and move on, but we are most 'conte...