Souls For Christ Ministries

May 7, 2011

"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6:12

Typically when we hear the word slothful we think it's referring to someone being physically lazy and not wanting to work. The reason we tend to think this is because this word is almost always used when describing a physical activity and rarely a spiritual one. Can I say that many people today are slothful? Most are not physically slothful, as slothful is described, but many are spiritually slothful! This passage is referring to the spiritual and not physical, it doesn't say, "followers of them who through their hard physical labor inherited the promises" instead it reads, "followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." Some things can never be gained by physical strength and labor. Heaven is one of them! We cannot obtain entrance into heaven by works, we must believe and accept through faith, Jesus Christ, as our Lord and Savior. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;" Hebrews 12:2a, has given to us all, a measure of faith and teaches us to build our faith and grow spiritually into a mature Christian. Often this building of our faith is difficult. It requires a steadfast and daily effort of denying ourselves and waiting patiently for the promise to come. Sounds like very little effort at all, but try it, you'll find it to be a challenging task. Follow Jesus, building your faith and walking with him being patient in all things.

Our work is to follow Jesus, to increase in faith, and to wait on Him patiently. The slothful or lazy will skip this step and believe that they can hurry things along and do it without Jesus. Not true! Be not slothful, no cutting corners allowed it won't work! Get to work spiritually, increase your faith through the word today!