APRIL 15, Proverbs 26:14 

Are you a hardworking child or the slothful, as described in today’s verse, who likes to laze in bed?

Look at any door in your house, and you’d understand the wisdom of this verse. The door is opened and closed so often,but it remains fixed to the wall because of its hinges. Likewise, the lazy child who turns and tosses in bed will remain in bed without getting out to do something useful because his back is always on the bed!

In what ways can you be hardworking? Let’s focus on three areas:

1. Clearly as a student, you’ve to study hard. Try your best in your work and honour God in that way. Don’t wait till examinations are round the corner before you put in effort to study. The secret is to be consistent in your schoolwork.

2. Work hard at being a good student of God’s Word. Be faithful in reading the Bible and doing your daily QT. When reading His Word, do so with a humble heart, asking God to teach you as you read.

3. Help out at home. Some of you may have the privilege of a maid at home, but it would be a wonderful Christian testimony if you make an effort to help lighten the maid’s workload.

It is finished!” These 3 words which Jesus uttered just before he died on the cross marked the end of his work on earth. He had worked hard right until the last moment. At the age of twelve, he was already diligently doing God’s work. He said to Mary, his mother, as he was teaching in the synagogue: “Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” He was busy with God’s work. In fact, He is the supreme example of a diligent man, wasting no time at all. Jesus put up with all the jeers and pain. Without a murmur, He fulfilled God’s salvation plan for man.

Thought: May I be diligent, just like Jesus!

Prayer: Help me Heavenly Father, to be diligent always. This I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.