Idleness

Standing still, not improving, not changing, not learning, not gaining, not teaching, not stronger, and not growing. These are all things that shouldn’t be happening when you are constantly in the Word. We seem to fill our lives with so many unimportant things in order to replace the time we should be spending with God. We fill it with more work, more homework, more sleeping, and more social time. But when we think about it, without God intertwined in all of those areas we are nothing and neither are our relationships with the people around us.

“In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you to keep away from every person who is idle and does not live according to the teachings. For you yourself know how you ought to follow our example…We do not remove ourselves from the idle because we do not have the right to help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.” ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:6-9

We are not making an impact on anything or anyone around us and in result we are just standing idle. The people you are surrounded by are constantly making impacts on your life. If those people are not in the Word and are not building their relationship with God, they can be bringing you down just as quickly as they are.

So make your time each day efficient. Spend the time you need to with God, with the right people, and doing the right things. Don’t fill your day up with things that are not going to be important or useful to you years down the road, just to stay busy. ”They are not busy; they are busybodies” – 2 Thessalonians 3:11 I encourage you to settle down each day and continue to grow in your relationship with God and continue to learn and teach others the plans He has for us all! If you can keep on track with God and remove yourself from the persuasion of the idle people around you, the worry of idleness in your life will never be an issue.