Title

Abundance of Idleness

Scripture
Look, this was the iniquity of Sodom: she had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness
(Ezekiel 16:49)
Devotional
Of the many transgressions of Sodom, allow me to focus on just one, “Abundance of idleness.” Herein is the downfall of many potentially great people. There are good people with bad time habits. Instead of redeeming the time they waste it, instead of appreciating their time they despise it. Each of us is allocated a stipend of time. Once it is spent, it is forever gone. Therefore, it is the wise investor who counts his time and makes his time count. Here, God gives us an example of the dangers of idleness. It is obvious that idleness leads to a variety of perversion. Yet, we seem bent on acquiring as much idle time as possible. We wish to work less and play more. The life dream of many is collecting a pension. Beware of the lifestyle of Sodom. They had pride, fullness of food, and an abundance of idleness.
Text For The Day
Ezekiel 16:49: “Look, this was the iniquity of … Sodom: She … had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness.”
Thought For The Day

“Unamuno, the Spanish philosopher, tells about the Roman aqueduct at Segovia, in his native Spain. It was built in 109 A.D. For eighteen hundred years, it carried cool water from the mountains to the hot and thirsty city. Nearly sixty generations of men drank from its flow. Then came another generation, a recent one, who said, ‘this aqueduct is so great a marvel that it ought to be preserved for our children, as a museum piece. We shall relieve it of its centuries-long labor.’ They did; they laid modern iron pipes. They gave the ancient bricks and mortar a reverent rest. And the aqueduct began to fall apart. The sun beating on the dry mortar caused it to crumble. The bricks and stone sagged and threatened to fall. What ages of service could not destroy idleness disintegrated.” Resource, Sept./Oct., 1992, p. 4

Questions To Ponder
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  “Idle”: To exist in a temporal unchanging state, to plateau, the beginning of entropy.
 
Referencing: “They learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not,” 1 Timothy 5:13.