13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” ~ Proverbs 22:13
The Proverbs often describes a sluggard. A lazy person. He writes that a sluggard will give reasons why he cannot do something.
I looked at the different translations of this verse and the Amplified says that the sluggard or lazy person makes excuses why he cannot go to work. But the more I read it the more my brain began to wonder. What if it’s that a sluggard is not willing to fight for his food, his promise, his life? What if it’s actually saying that when trouble comes upon a sluggard, they stay inside and refuse to fight back… They refuse to give it their all… They refuse to do what they need to do in order to see that promise fulfilled…?
So many of us never see a fulfillment of our promises from God because we don’t fight for them. We look at the giant in our way and stay away from the battle. We look at the valley or mountain before us and refuse to make the trek. We see the lion outside and refuse to leave our home.
God promises us victory, but not without a fight. He promises us that He will fight for us, but we have to draw our sword and follow Him into battle. We can’t avoid the enemy. It’s impossible. But we can defeat him with the blood of the Lamb covering us and the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. We just have to be willing to fight.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Leave The House.