By Much Slothfulness - Ecclesiastes 10:18

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon said, “Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”, and in chapter ten and verse eighteen of his book Solomon said, “By much slothfulness the building decays” where we read,

By much slothfulness the building decays; 

and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.

The verse reads, “By much slothfulness the building decays;” Solomon began with the words, “by much slothfulness” or “through the means of a great and abundant amount of indolence, sluggishness and laziness” “the building decays” which means “the edifice, frame, beam work is made low, humiliated and sinks”. Solomon said through the means of abundant laziness an edifice sinks and is made low.

 

The verse continues, “and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.” Solomon added the words, “and through idleness” or “and by inactivity and the sinking” “of the hands” which means “pertaining to the physical hands of strength, might and ability” “the house drops through” or “the habitation, abode and dwelling place drips and leaks”. Solomon said the dwelling place leaks by means of inactivity of physical hands.

When we meditate upon words in this verse, we learn through Solomon how “slothfulness” and “idleness” cause structures to rot and decompose. When an edifice is not maintained, catabolic forces take over, and the “building” perishes in place. God wants us to maintain that which He provides to us, and when we align with Him through His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was raised from the dead after three days, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and give us His Holy Spirit who will guide us into all truth and empower us not to be lazy so we maintain the structures He provides in a manner that is pleasing to Him.

Next time Solomon says, “A feast is made for laughter”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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