FUNCTIONING - THE CURE FOR AFFLICTION

SCRIPTURE: “By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through”  - Ecclesiastics 10:18.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A life that is dynamic is a life that is energetic. 
 
Function in this context simply means, a task. To function, therefore, is to be active in service. We understand from our anchor Scripture that slothfulness causes a building to decay. The building, in this context refers to our body. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:19a,   “know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost…” That is to say, the body is the building (temple) of the Holy Ghost.    
 
By implication, when the body is deficient in function or work, it is prone to affliction. Any life that is not dynamic becomes problematic. Dynamism is necessary for the vitality of life. A life that is dynamic is a life that is energetic. 
 
This is why some people begin to look older than their age after retiring from active service. Some of them even begin to complain of all manner of sicknesses, ranging from hypertension to stroke, because their physical bodies have not been engaged. 
 
Beloved, anything that expels you from functioning has exposed you to affliction. Never be comfortable with idleness because idleness of the body attracts affliction to the body, but that shall not be your portion in Jesus’ Name.  
 
Remember this: a life that is dynamic is a life that is energetic. 
 
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Keep off from anything or anybody that wants to stop you from functioning. 
2. Determine to be fully engaged.
 
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE (PART 4).
 
PRAYER: LORD, deliver me from every spirit of laziness, weakness and lethargy. I connect to Your strength, energy and vitality to function well in my life’s assignment, O LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
 
DAILY READING: Leviticus 1:1 to 3:17, Mark 1:29 to 2:12, Psalms 35:17 to 28, Proverbs 9:13 to 18.
 
QUOTE: To live purposefully is to be thoughtful. Culled from 30 SECRETS TO THE TOP by Dr. Paul Enenche.