“Through sloth roof sings in, and through indolence the house leaks.” Ecclesiastes 10:18
Growing up in an obsessive household had it advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages was in that we were always on time and we were always living a well-ordered life. But on the flip-side there were seldom time for just fun things!
Here in Solomon’s writing we see a person who is the opposite of compulsive. They are foolish in their approach to life. Such people dig a hole and then fall in it.
Question, “When it comes to our spiritual lives, are we foolish or diligent?”
In Titus 2 we find the following words, “Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness, and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works,” 2:14.
As I read these words I began to understand the difference between a foolish person and a diligent person: “A diligent person understands they are to be a people for his own possession.”
Think it through:
1. The grace of God has captured His own people, Titus 2:1-10
God has given grace to all kinds of people, “older, younger, men, women, boys, and girls.”
2. The grace of God is changing His own people, Titus 2:11-15
God’s people develop a resistance to sin, Vs: 12
God’s people dedicate themselves to a righteous stand, Vs: 12b
God’s people desire to see the return of the Lord, Vs: 13-14
God’s people do not live a foolish life! God’s people live a diligent life.
Our response:
Each day God is calling those who have been captured by grace to live a changed life that is still changing every day!!! This must be seen and priority number one in our Christian life!
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