Found this in my morning reading. It’s based on something from
Proverbs.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
If you would know [be able to
recognize] a sluggard [a lazy person] in the things of heaven, compare him with
one that is slothful [lazy] in the things of this world.
As,
1. He that is slothful is loth
[unwilling] to set about the work he should follow: so is he that is slothful
for heaven.
2. He that is slothful is one that
is willing to make delays: so is he that is slothful for heaven.
3. He that is a sluggard, any small
matter that cometh in between, he will make it a sufficient excuse to keep him
off from plying his work: so it is also with him that is slothful for heaven.
4. He that is slothful doth his
work by the halves; and so it is with him that is slothful for heaven. He may
almost, but he shall never altogether obtain perfection of deliverance from
hell; he may almost, but he shall never, without he mend, be altogether a
saint.
5. They that are slothful, do
usually lose the season in which things are to be done: and thus it is also
with them that are slothful for heaven, they miss the season of grace.
And therefore,
6. They that are slothful have
seldom or never good fruit: so also it will be with the soul‑sluggard.
7. They that are slothful they are
chid [rebuked] for the same: so also will Christ deal with those that are not
active for him.
John Bunyan
So how are you doing when it comes to working at the things
of heaven?