How to Fight Laziness

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 29 April 2013

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hard work is not a consequence of the fall, but a gift. If we are going to fight laziness, we need to develop a good theology of work.

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0:00.0	We received an email from an anonymous man who writes,
0:08.4	Pastor John, I thank you for your ministry.
0:10.1	I'm a regenerate Christian who formerly lived
0:12.1	the homosexual lifestyle.
0:14.0	God used your theology of suffering and brokenness
0:16.2	to overcome my sexual desires for ungodly things,
0:18.8	but now a new struggle has come upon me,
0:20.8	the struggle of laziness.
0:22.8	Do you have any advice on how to fight this?
0:25.7	Yeah, it might sound strange,
0:27.6	but the first thing I would do is open the hood
0:30.6	and check the engine, and what I mean by that is,
0:35.7	does he have a thyroid problem?
0:37.8	Is he sleep deprived?
0:39.3	Is he eating right?
0:40.9	I mean, really, a lot of things in the Christian life
0:44.9	that are perceived as spiritual shortcomings
0:49.0	are in fact physically related.
0:51.9	I was so weary about 10 years ago
0:56.0	and I couldn't explain why.
0:58.1	I went to the doctor and he said,
0:59.6	well, you know, I don't think there's any problem,
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