9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-
11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.
But this past week as I have been laying in bed, just wanting to sleep, I have been thinking of this verse. I wonder sometimes why it is in the Bible, because if I have a little rest here and there, will poverty really run after me? I was reading in the ESV version and I thought it was interesting because verse 11 ends with saying, "and want like an armed man." The word "want" got to me, because this week as I have done much of lying in bed, turning over and over, not wanting to get up, I see through the day how I want and want. I want to hang out with my friends, I want life to be enjoyable, I want happiness. And yet the want perhaps is there because I am letting poverty chase after me. But I love being the sluggard so much, that I block out this verse or I give myself a justified reason about doing it, that I never have considered what this verse really meant. And then as I was reading it over and over this morning, to get myself out of bed, I came online and was convicted when I read this verse:
Psalm 18:3
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
I think to see the truth in this proverb, that it is wisdom here to help not to burden, perhaps life will start to make sense. Perhaps serving other people, and having a job, and LIVING this life will make sense. For God's word is without err! "He is a shield for all who take refuge in him." And I wonder, why do I pick and chose my verses?
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