You cannot be allergic to work and be worth anything in life; you cannot be
addicted to laziness and escape embarrassment in life.
SCRIPTURE: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man
shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians 3:8
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: You cannot be allergic to work and be worth anything
in life; you cannot be addicted to laziness and escape embarrassment in life.
Responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with
something. It is the quality of being accountable. It is the ability to respond
appropriately to diverse situations of life.
There is a marriage between responsibility and authority. The acceptance of
responsibility is critical to accessing authority in life. Responsible people
are ‘authoritative’ people.
Just as there can be no action without outcome, no product without a
process and no provision without a condition, so also, there can be no
authority without responsibility. Authority is not attainable in the absence of
responsibility.
The truth is, irresponsibility is the enemy of authority; laziness is an
attack on any form of attainment in life. Indifference is a reason for
insufficiency in life.
It may interest you to note that there are three categories of people in
the world. First, the people who make things happen. Second, the people who
watch things happen, and third, the people who wonder and ask, ‘What is
happening?’ The second and third categories of people are those who do not want
to be responsible for anything happening at all. They prefer to fold their
hands and watch others work; they dodge responsibilities all the time. Such people are allergic to assignment and
addicted to laziness. And you cannot be allergic to work and be worth anything
in life; you cannot be addicted to laziness and escape embarrassment in life.
Beloved, authority is a scarce realm for the indolent. Please, embrace
responsibility and eschew irresponsibility if authority is your desire.
REMEMBER THIS: You cannot be allergic to work and be worth anything in
life; you cannot be addicted to laziness and escape embarrassment in life.
ASSIGNMENT (S)
1. Consciously shun the way of laziness and embrace the path of
responsibility
2. At the place of prayer, daily ask God to show you what you need to do to
go up.
3. Do those things God will instruct you to do as conditions for your next
level.
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for mercy in any
area of my life where I have exhibited laziness on my duties and assignments.
Please reveal to me what I need to do to move to the next level of my life and
grant me the grace to do it, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING GET THIS MESSAGE: Demands of Excellence and
Authority
QUOTE: Those who will not accept responsibility die as liabilities. Culled
from Career and Workplace Wisdom by Dr Paul Enenche
AMAZING FACT: The honey bee’s wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats
per second, thus making their famous, distinctive buzz. A honey bee can fly for
up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour.
DAILY READING: Jer. 2: 31 to 4: 18, Col. 1: 1 to 17, Ps. 76: 1 to 12, Prov.
24: 21 to 22
PROPHETIC DECLARATION/WORD: The grace to accept responsibility is released
on you. The spell of laziness is broken in Jesus’ Name.