Anthony Hopkins said, “I have three weak spots – cookies, croissants, and laziness.”
Let’s leave cookies and croissants for another day. Today, let’s talk about laziness.
Prior to 1914, the average person worked 10 hours per day. With the Industrial Revolution, Henry Ford cut that down to eight hours a day, where it still stands today, 110 years later.
Or does it? Recent studies actually reveal that the average “full-time” American worker puts in just three hours a day on the tasks required by his job. The rest of the time is spent on social media, making coffee, socializing, or “checking email.”
Laziness has been around for a while. After his resurrection, when Jesus was ready for his followers to get about the task of establishing the church, he caught them in a moment of apparent laziness. They were into worship, but not much else. Jesus asked them, “Why do you stand here gazing into heaven?” (Acts 1:11).
Recovery Step: If you are going to succeed in life – especially recovery – it’s going to require work. There’s no place for laziness in kingdom work.
