God Concerned With Every Transaction
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1. A false balance is a symbol of all unfair dealing, all devices to conceal selfishness and injustice under an appearance of fairness and equity. God will not in the slightest degree favor such practices. He hates every false […]
Sustained Versus Spasmodic Effort
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. Proverbs 21:5. How many youth who might have become men of usefulness and power have failed because in early life they contracted habits of indecision which followed them through life to cripple all their efforts. Now […]
The Blessing of Work
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Proverbs 6:6. God placed our first parents in Paradise, surrounding them with all that was useful and lovely. In their Eden home nothing was wanting that could minister to their comfort and happiness. And to Adam was given the work of caring for […]
The Peril of “Nothing to Do”
The way of the slothful man is an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. Proverbs 15:19. Industry is a blessing to youth. A life of idleness is to be shunned by a young man as a vice. However humble the occupation may be, if only honorable, if the humble […]
Meditation With Diligent Work
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Romans 12:11. There are many who are absorbed in worldly business, and they do not give the Lord that devotion which is essential for their spiritual improvement. They tax brain, bone, and muscle to the uttermost, and gather to themselves burdens which lead them to […]
Choosing My Lifework
Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 3:13. We should carefully weigh the matters relative to the work we take up. Will this work be a blessing […]
