MORNING MANNA           6-6-21

I skipped my last period class everyday throughout my senior year of high school. That gave me time to drive across town, spit shine my shoes, and pick up my girlfriend, who is now my wife. Back then I thought that was quite an accomplishment. But it’s even more shocking that someone could get by with what the fellow did in until the following story:

“A hospital employee… has been accused of skipping work on full pay for 15 years… The man is alleged to have stopped turning up to work in 2005. He is now being investigated for fraud, extortion and abuse of office”.

We tend to look down on a man like that with disdain, but before you come down too hard on him you might need to examine yourself. There are many professing Christians who are absent without leave from their God given post. Rather than obeying God and using their time, talent, and treasure to serve the Lord they are pursuing their own pleasures. Rather than ministering to others they are serving their self-interest. Rather than being ashamed of themselves they take great pride in their worldly possessions and experiences. They boast about what they have or what they have done.

Or, their neglect might take a different form. Some attend church nearly every week and might even tithe, but that’s where they draw the line. They enjoy the services, but they refuse to serve. They are spectators rather than participators. For them church is nothing more than a source of entertainment. They speak of loving their church, but they make no contribution to its ministry. Observers might call them dedicated Christians, but the Lord labels them as “wicked and slothful“. That is a serious indictment against them from the highest authority in the universe.

Life is a gift from God and it is to be used for His glory and the good of others. To waste it by using it for any other purpose is a serious sin. God has given each of us a work to do and we are “wicked and slothful” if we refuse. If you are wise you will report for duty today! -HDS

David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346