“Of Slugsand Ants”

by: Josh Mackenstein

“The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.”

“My only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only

make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.”

“I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.”

“I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I thought it could be.”

- Peter Gibbons

“Working Hard

orHardly

Working?”Statistics

Work Has Become:- A Curse,

Not A Blessing- A Means

to get $- A Means to

have leisure and retirement

God and Mankind“At Work” in Scripture

Genesis 2: 1-3, 3: 17-19

Exodus 20: 8-11

Psalm 121 John 5:17

1 Corinthians 10:31

Colossians 3: 22-24

Proverbs

6: 6-11

Ants have an innate desire to work hard and work well.

Ants don’t need scolded, threatened, or bribed to do the

basic work assigned to them.

Ants don’t need accountability or supervision to stay on-task.

The Ant works because that’s what it was created to do!

Proverbs 20:4

“A sluggard does not plow

in season; so at harvest time

he looks but finds nothing.”

Proverbs 13:4

“The sluggard craves and

gets nothing, but the desires

of the diligentare fully

satisfied.”

The Irony and Tragedy of the Ant:

Humans are made in God’s Image and are the “crown jewel” of His Creation;

Yet… we need to be tutored by an insectso as to learn the sacred value of Work.

Consider The Slug

Proverbs26: 13-16

“Rational Lies”For Avoiding

Work:- The “Exception To

The Rule” Excuse

- The “Everybody Else Is Doing It” Excuse

Proverbs 18:9

“One who is slack in his work

is brother to one

who destroys.”

Psalm 127: 1-2“1 Unless the LORD builds the house,

its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD

watches over the city, the watchmen

stand guard in vain. 2 In vain you rise early

and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—

for he grants sleep to those he loves.”

Proverbs 23:4

“Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

have the wisdom to show

restraint.”

10 SignsThat You May Be A

“Workaholic”

Both the Sluggard and

the Workaholic Have the

Same Attitude:

“I’m Living LifeMy Way”

Both Avoid The Responsibilities

of Life That Don’t

Interest Them.

- By Distraction- By “Busyness”

Both Will Suffer Consequences and Damage Due to their

Lifestyle:- Economic- Physical

- Emotional- Relational

Colossians 1: 28-2928 “We proclaim him, admonishing and

teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

29 To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.”