Proverbs 21:25-26

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about the sluggard:

Proverbs 21:25-26 (ESV)

The desire of the sluggard kills him,

for his hands refuse to labor.

All day long he craves and craves,

but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

The psychology of the lazy is so eloquently stated throughout the book of Proverbs.  God has given Solomon great wisdom as to how the mind of the slothful works and what that "work" does to his emotions, thought process, and end.   The slothful desires and those desires are for all the things others have and for the creature-comforts others work for.   But, the desires eventually, for the slothful, kills them.   Since they won't work for the desires the "act of desiring" actually causes his life to end.   Perhaps, more than other place in Scripture, we have in written form the psychology of the mind and how it affects the physical nature of the body.   We were told early in this book that joy and laughter does good to the body (Proverbs 17:22); while here we see that empty desires that are not accompanied by hard work will be the bullet of psychological suicide.  Lazy people might think they are avoiding potential danger (Proverbs 22:13; 26:13), yet, their very inactivity is going to kill them.   These stand in contrast to the righteous who, thinking nothing of self or of desire, simply gives, expecting nothing in return.   Perhaps another way to read this is to say that those who give have no desires to worry about, but those who have only desire will end up in need; grave need.   If you are sitting around "wishing" for something to happen the approach would be to get off your sit and start doing things for others.   One gives everything and never wants.   The other only wants and only gets death.