98% OF INSPIRATION IS
PERSPIRATION
“lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent
hands bring wealth [wisdom; well-being];
he who gathers crops in summer is a wise
son, but he who sleeps during harvest
is…disgraceful…” (Proverbs 10:4-5).
“Genius is 2%
inspiration and
98%
perspiration…
[And so]
opportunity is
missed by most
people because it
is dressed in
overalls and looks
like work.”
– Thomas Edison
“After flourishing for three
centuries…the … [work] ethic
[has begun] to disintegrate, with
key elements slowly disappearing
from modern American society,
vanishing from schools, from
business, from popular culture,
and leaving us with [a] …system
unmoored from the restraints of
civic virtue.” – Steven Malanga.
“…whatever [we] do, [we are to] work at it
with all [our] heart -- as [if, we are] working
for the Lord…” (Colossians 3:23).
Allow God To Work Through
Your Work, Creating Something
Good And Beautiful!
“And God saw that it was good!”
(e.g. Genesis 1:10;12;18;21;25).
In fact after completing all his
work, God said: “…it was very
good…” (Genesis 1:31).
Celebrate The Margin And
Peace That Comes From Godly
Work
“He who works his land will have
abundant food, but he who
chases fantasies lacks
judgment…’ (Proverbs 12:11) finding it
difficult to navigate ‘bad days.’
“Take a lesson
from the
ants…learn
from their
ways and
become wise!
Though they
have no…ruler
to make them
work, they
labor hard
all summer,
gathering food
for the winter.
But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep; when will you wake
up? [For if you don’t] then poverty will pounce on you like a
bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.”
(Proverbs 6:6-11, New Living Bible).
“Lord Jesus” Tozer prayed:
“I come…for spiritual
preparation...Let me not
waste my days puttering
around the house…Deliver
me from overeating and late
sleeping. Teach me selfdiscipline that I may be a
good soldier of Jesus Christ.
I accept hard work…I ask
for no easy place…And now,
O Lord…I consecrate my
remaining days to
Thee…Fill me with Thy
power…and I will go in Thy
strength and tell of Thy
righteousness…” – A.W.
Tozer
Give The Heavy-Lifting, The
Ultimate Work To God.
“Be strong and courageous, and
do the work…” (1 Chronicles 28:20).
But not in your own strength; no,
be strong and courageous in the
Lord -- for “….the Lord God, my
God is with you. He will not fail
you or forsake you until all the
work…is finished…” (1 Chronicles 28:20).
God’s work is alive and well and operating in the
present tense -- empowering us to do our work
in the present tense -- with persistence, effort
and great productivity!
“Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands
bring [wisdom and well-being]…” (Proverbs 10:4-5).
And so strive for diligent hands, calloused hands,
weathered hands -- grasping the hand of God -- who
will not forsake us -- until all the work is finished – for
His honor, praise and glory!