Laziness 01 - The Deceitful Sin

Laziness is somewhat of a plague amongst young people, in particular young men. It is typically characterised by those who stumble bleary-eyed out of bed sometime after lunch, those who spend all day perfecting the ultimate Facebook page or those wasting their hours away conversing with hob goblins and drinking magic potions in the weird and not so wonderful...'World of Warcraft.'

One of the most difficult things about laziness though is that it does not admit itself; it is deceitful thing...after all when was the last time you heard someone admit they were lazy? Before anyone starts dealing with the sin of laziness we must learn to be honest with ourselves; similarly if you are in the process of discipling someone with this problem, you must first get to this stage of personal honesty. Douglas Wilson writes 'A young man must be taught that the truth about himself is not seen by looking into his own heart; the truth is found by looking into the mirror of the Word.' We must go to the Bible and objectively look at ourselves (usually with the help of another person) and first admit our short falling.

As I said earlier laziness has somewhat grown to chraracterise young people and teenagers in specific, and thus parents and friends alike, often shrug their shoulders and say 'there'll grow out of it.' However as I will attempt to show in the next post, human beings were created to be active and productive; to indulge in the sin of laziness is not only to miss the best life has to offer us, but to fall short of God's creation ordinance also.