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Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. Proverbs 28:19

What keeps the sluggard from doing his work is that he is easily distracted. He lacks focus. He follows worthless pursuits. The person who is fascinated with everything achieves nothing.

The reason the sluggard has nothing at harvest is not that he refused to work, it’s just that he never quite got round to doing it. “How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest” (Prov. 6:9-10).

Just a little! “I’ll get around to the ploughing when I’m ready! But right now I just feel like sleeping. Well, not even sleeping, I just want to have a little snooze first. Well, not even a little snooze. Just let me have a few minutes in my chair with my hands folded. Then I’ll get it done.”

But after that, there is another distraction. “I’ll just do this first, and then I’ll get around to it.” Too many concessions. Too many postponements. Too many delays. And it all happens little by little. So, the sluggard has no harvest, not because he made some grand decision not to plow but because, through a thousand small concessions to his own flesh, he never got around to doing what God had called him to do.

What is one major distraction in your life? Perhaps the internet? Your phone? Try going just one day without it and see how much more you get done.