Genesis 2:15
The Lord God took the man and put him in the
Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Work is a plan of God’s.
Exodus 34:21
“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day
you shall rest; even during the plowing season and
harvest you must rest.
Work is a plan of God’s.
Rest is a provision of God’s.
Proverbs 26:13-16
A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a
fierce lion roaming the streets!”
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns
on his bed.
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too
lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven
people who answer discreetly.
Work is a plan of God’s.
Rest is a provision of God’s.
Laziness isn’t rest, it always has an excuse.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-14
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth
hoarded to the harm of its owners, or wealth lost
through some misfortune, so that when they have
children there is nothing left for them to inherit.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Everyone comes naked from their mother’s
womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart.
They take nothing from their toil that they can
carry in their hands.
Laziness isn’t rest, it always has an excuse.
Deadly evil:
a. Believing that I can work my way to security.
Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so
they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil
for the wind?
All their days they eat in darkness, with great
frustration, affliction and anger.
Deadly evil:
a. Believing that I can work my way to security.
b. Believing that I can work my way to
satisfaction.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
This is what I have observed to be good: that it is
appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to
find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the
sun during the few days of life God has given
them—for this is their lot.
Ecclesiastes 5:19-20
Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and
possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to
accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is
a gift of God. They seldom reflect on the days of
their life, because God keeps them occupied with
gladness of heart.
Deadly evil:
a. Believing that I can work my way to security.
b. Believing that I can work my way to
satisfaction.
There is a healthy way to view work and a sick way
to view work.
Hebrews 4:9-11
9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the
people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s
rest also rests from their works, just as God did
from his. 11 Let us; therefore, make every effort to
enter that rest, so that no one will perish by
following their example of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper
than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even
to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it
judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the
eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:14-15
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who
has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we
do not have a high priest who is unable to
empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one
who has been tempted in every way, just as we
are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with
confidence, so that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help us in our time of need.