Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 19:15
Are you spiritually lazy? It’s easy to be so busy and so energetic in life that you have nothing left for spiritual stuff. But if you want more faith, more hope, more peace—if you want more of God and his presence—then you can’t afford to be lazy. Your soul will starve if you let yourself be spiritually lazy (see Prov. 19:15).
Spiritual laziness starts when you don’t have the energy to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. And it keeps going when you are too worn out or exhausted to get up and do what you know God is asking you to do. When you see a need and you don’t fill it, when you hear a cry for help and you’re too busy to answer, spiritual laziness will distract you and comfort you for the moment. But when you stay in bed an extra half hour instead of getting up early to spend time with God, you miss out on an opportunity to hear from him. When you skip reading your Bible to go out and have fun, you miss the chance to have more of him in your life. Every time you fall into the trap of spiritual laziness, you are refusing to feed your soul, and as a result your soul gets weak and fearful. Guard your heart, your mind, and your soul by becoming aware of your tendency to choose the easy way instead of devotion and discipline.