This thing called laziness

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“Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, and for lack of justice there is waste” – Proverbs 13:23.

One very important life truth I have learned is that everyone, I mean every single human being, is given a wealth of gifts, resources and opportunities in his lifetime to succeed. If anyone ends up poor in life, it is not because of a lack of opportunities or that God didn’t bless such one with natural gifts that could be translated to wealth or, at the very least, a comfortable life.

A lot of times, the reason many end up in poverty is laziness. Granted, there may be other factors that contribute to one’s condition, but ultimately, it comes down to what the individual did or, put better, failed to do, as a result of laziness.

The Scripture (especially the Book of Proverbs) has quite a lot to say about laziness - from the nature of the lazy man to how he will end up as he continues in his laziness.

Whose dreams are you living... yours or God's?

"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to YOUR DREAMS WHICH YOU CAUSE TO BE DREAMED" - Jeremiah 29:8.

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What should define success for a Christian?
Granted, success is the achievement/accomplishment of set goals; but the question is who sets the goals for us as Christians? Whose goals are we to achieve? God's? The world's? Ours? It is very key that we look at these questions critically and reflect on them.

Really, what should be considered success for a Christian?
Can we say a Christian is successful based solely on the fact that he's wealthy?
Can we say a Christian is successful based solely on the fact that he's influential in his field?
Can we say a Christian is successful solely because he has a happy family? Or a great job or business?
All these are niceties honestly, but should our definition of success be based on the world's idea, or on God's?

#SSVBlogNuggets: What do you believe?

"He touched their eyes and said, "Become what you believe. It happened. They saw." - Matthew 9:29 (MSG)

We have always read this opening verse of Scripture in the King James Version (KJV) which has it as,
"Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened..."
But The Message Bible's translation hit me right between the eyes, it reads: "Become what you believe"!

We're guilty of misplaced priorities!

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"But seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness..." - Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)

Take a moment to reflect on these scenarios

#SSVBlogNuggets: How to have an amazing life!

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"A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men" (Proverbs 18:16).

- First, DISCOVER the gift (s) and talent (s) God endowed you with!

We all have, at least, one gift (Matthew 25:14-15; Ephesians 4:7-8), no one is 'talentless'; you probably haven't discover what it is!

But as precious stones are not found on the surface, so is your talent; you may have to dig. So dig. Not into the ground this time, but in you!
You are a big box of potential, open you up!
Your talent is your key to an amazing life; so go, find your treasure!

I know a man with a hole in his heart...

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I know a man suffering from a very critical condition; he has a hole in his heart - a quite sizable one.
He has tried filling it with different things; they seem to fit, filling it up for a while, only to come off, sadly. And he suffers because of it, crying silently.

He tried hard work, thinking it would fill the hole in his heart. He worked hard and hard. He rose to the top of the ladder; he achieved immense success, fame and influence. Yet the hole wasn't filled. He suffered on...