Related commentaries – Idleness

David Captures Rabbah – I Chronicles 20:1 – 20:8

God Never Encourages Idleness

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have busy and honest employment of their vocation. Saul was seeking his father’s donkeys and David his father’s sheep when called to the Kingdom. God called the 4 apostles from their fishing and Matthew from collecting taxes; Moses from keeping Jethro’s sheep, Gideon from the threshing floor, Elisha from the plows. God never called a lazy man. God never encourages idleness and will not despise persons in the lowest employment. ( D.L. Moody)