ENABLING DILIGENCE IN DOING LIFE
ENABLING DILIGENCE IN DOING LIFE: BEING STEADFASTLY [BEING SMARTLY] AND CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENT!
“Do you see a man DILIGENT and SKILLFUL in his business? He will STAND before KINGS [HONOUR, GLORY, DIGNITY, CROWN]; he will not STAND before OBSCURE [MEAN, UNPRODUCTIVE, FAILED, FAILURE, SLUGGARD] men” Proverbs 22:29/Emphasis Mine.
Being DILIGENT is to be STEADFAST — to be WISE and to be CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENT over time, in any matter, IN CONTEXT, to earn the spotlight that is so much desired.
And it is simply for this:
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
When, in the application of life, you become inconsistent in what you do, you lose the essence of BECOMING what you ARE and what you are INTENDED to BE in that CONTEXT.
This happens in every way, in every work of doing life and living godly.
Show me a person who is DILIGENT — steadfast, earnest, consistent, wise, steady and work-focused over time — and who believes in what they are doing, and I will show you the reasons why that person has succeeded, or is succeeding, and is making good progress.
Why?
Because such a person is not merely surviving.
They are thriving and accomplishing with results that are meaningful and purposeful in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus.
God rewards diligence, and it is a hallmark that attracts the heavenly outpouring to our earthly affairs.
“But without FAITH it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] BELIEVE that God exists and that He REWARDS those who [EARNESTLY and DILIGENTLY] seek Him” Hebrews 11:6/AMPLIFIED.
I pray you will not intermingle and interweave your life with those who only TALK THE TALK and cannot WALK THE WALK, because they are not DILIGENT to see their beliefs come to reality, whilst they are desperate, in haste to “become”, yet without the path of diligence to walk on what they talk.
“And we desire that every one of you do shew the same DILIGENCE to the FULL ASSURANCE of HOPE unto the END: 12 that ye be not SLOTHFUL, but FOLLOWERS of them who through FAITH and PATIENCE INHERIT the PROMISES” Hebrews 6:11-12.
I pray you receive every grace, wisdom and speed in God’s BLESSEDNESS in the context of diligence in God, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Do you see a man DILIGENT and SKILLFUL in his business? He will STAND before KINGS (HONOUR, GLORY, DIGNITY, CROWN); he will not STAND before OBSCURE (MEAN, UNPRODUCTIVE, FAILED, FAILURE, SLUGGARD) men” Proverbs 22:29/Emphasis Mine.
“But without FAITH it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] BELIEVE that God exists and that He REWARDS those who [EARNESTLY and DILIGENTLY] seek Him” Hebrews 11:6/AMPLIFIED.
“He that TILLETH [CULTIVATE] HIS LAND SHALL HAVE PLENTY OF BREAD: but he that FOLLOWETH after VAIN persons shall have POVERTY enough. 20 A FAITHFUL man shall ABOUND with blessings: but he that MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT. 21 To have RESPECT of persons is not good: for for a PIECE of bread that man will transgress. 22 He that HASTETH TO BE RICH HATH AN EVIL EYE, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him” Proverbs 28:19-22.
“He that TILLETH [CULTIVATE] HIS LAND shall be SATISFIED WITH BREAD: but he that FOLLOWETH VAIN persons is VOID of understanding” Proverbs 12:11.
SUMMARY:
The central message is this: God rewards diligence. Diligence positions you for honour, fruitfulness, and God’s blessedness in Christ Jesus.
KEY POINTS:
- WHAT DILIGENCE IS
To be DILIGENT is to be STEADFAST, to be WISE, and to be CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENT over time, in any matter, in the right context.
It is the opposite of being a rolling stone. “A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.”
When we are inconsistent in the application of life, we lose the essence of becoming what we are and what we are intended to be.
- THE REWARD OF DILIGENCE
Proverbs 22:29
“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
Diligence and skill take you out of obscurity and place you before people of honour, glory, and dignity.
- DILIGENCE MUST BE ROOTED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
You cannot please God with lazy faith. He rewards those who earnestly and diligently seek Him.
- THE CONTRAST: DILIGENCE VS HASTE AND SLOTH
Proverbs 28:19-22
“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.”
Proverbs 12:11
“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.”
Application: Cultivate your work. Be faithful. Avoid shortcuts and vain associations. Faithfulness produces blessing. Haste produces compromise and lack.
- THE CHARGE TO PERSEVERE
Hebrews 6:11-12
“And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Diligence must continue to the end. It is through faith and patience that we inherit the promises.
- GUARD YOUR COMPANY
I pray you will not intermingle and interweave your life with those who only TALK THE TALK and cannot WALK THE WALK, because they are not diligent to see their beliefs come to reality, whilst they are desperate, in haste to “become”, yet without the path of diligence to walk on what they talk.
- THE OUTCOME
Show me a person who is diligent — steadfast, earnest, consistent, wise, steady and work-focused over time — and who believes in what they are doing, and I will show you someone who is not merely surviving.
They are thriving and accomplishing with results that are meaningful and purposeful in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI
First published on Achievers’ FAITH Digest. Read the original →