Friday!

Proverbs!

A lazy man says, 

"There's a lion outside! 

I'll be killed if I go out in the street!"

Proverbs 22:13CJB

This lazy person, this slacker is just manufacturing excuses not to go outside.

The implication is that is where the work is. 

He seems to be using what is called "catastrophising". 

The worst of all worst scenarios. 

Manufactured fear. 

And it cripples us. Keeps us stuck.

This is not a proverb about work, but about what captures our heart. 

Selfishness. Fear. 

"What if...?"

"This is too tough..."

When my heart is captured by those catastrophic things (my flavour is about failure, not being good enough) it's good to go back to who our God says we are. How He sees us. 

(Ephesians 1:4-14 is a good start)

Lean into the people you trust and the truth they speak about you and over you.

Seek God's heart, ask Him to replace whatever it is that's captured yours in that moment with His. 

His Grace is sufficient.

His Hope is enough.

His Love wins.

#proverbs

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