Stop Being Lazy: Become a Productive Woman of God

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Hey guys, and welcome back to Growing Through It.

I'm your host, Lila Ann.

How are you guys doing?

I hope you're having a great, amazing, fantastic day.

I am super excited to talk to you today.

I'm super excited for today's episode because it's a little controversial.

It's a little controversial.

It's a little convicting.

I know it was convicting for me.

And so we're just going to have that conversation.

Today's episode is all about laziness.

Laziness. Guys, I don't know about you, but I hated the word lazy for years.

I hated that word because I felt like it was mean.

Like, why are we using that word?

It's just mean.

Why are we calling people lazy?

Why are we describing things as lazy?

I just never liked it.

Because growing up, my dad used to always use that word.

If he told me to do the dishes and I didn't do the dishes,

it was like, why are you lazy?

If my homework was not done and it should have been done,

it was like, you're just lazy.

If my room was a mess, you're lazy.

Lazy was a word that was commonly used in our house.

And I think it's because my dad was the most

disciplined person on the planet.

And so when he would see me not being disciplined,

he was like, you're just lazy.

And so for my entire life,

I never wanted to hear that word.

But the Lord recently has let me know how laziness is in the Bible.

God actually addresses laziness.

And so we can't avoid it.

It's something that I think most of us struggle with from time to time.

But you're not alone in your struggle.

And I think for the longest time,

I was maybe too kind when I would think about laziness.

I would give it another word.

Like, I'm just resting, right?

I deserve this.

I've been working hard all week.

Okay, life is draining.

I'm not lazy.

I'm just relaxing.

I'm just chilling.

But I realized that the difference is

I was resting 24-7.

You know, I think the difference between laziness and rest

is that rest is biblical, right?

Rest is necessary.

Rest is important.

Jesus rested.

He encourages us to rest.

However, laziness is not rest.

Rest is a reward for hard work.

It's a necessary pause that rejuvenates us.

Laziness is the absence of effort.

So we've never even put in that hard work.

And it's a habit that actually drains us

rather than replenishes us.

Now, every day we feel tired, every day we wake up

and the days are just jelling together.

That is what I'm talking about with laziness.

And I was like, well, what's the problem with that?

That's not a sin, right?

Is it a sin to be lazy?

Is it a sin to just chill out all day?

And I think what we should focus on

rather than is that a sin or is that bad?

Is does this lifestyle glorify God?

Am I living up to my full potential?

And so I did a Bible study on this

because I had to ask myself this.

Like, is what I'm doing bad?

Is this lifestyle that I'm living bad?

And I was brought to Proverbs 6, 9 through 11

where it says,

how long will you lie there?

Oh, sluggard.

When will you arise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest

and poverty will come upon you like a robber

and want like an armed man.

So I read this and I'm like, well,

I don't see anything about laziness.

And I think this is what is so dangerous

about not studying our Bible,

not studying our word because this word sluggard,

I don't really know what it means, right?

I think of a slug, I think of a snail.

I don't know what sluggard means.

So I just breeze across it, right?

But I think what God wants us to do

when we read our Bible is if we don't know a word,

look it up, study it, find out what it means

because the Lord might be trying to speak to you

but because we don't know the definition of that word

or this thing or the context of that,

we miss something completely.

And so I don't know what a sluggard is

so I looked up what a sluggard is

and the definition of a sluggard

is someone who is habitually inactive

or lazy.

Y'all, I read this and I'm like, okay,

let me replace the word sluggard

with now a definition that I know.

So how long will you lie there?

You habitually unactive person.

When will you arise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest

and poverty will come upon you like a robber

and want like an armed man.

See now, I'm convicted.

Now that scripture is speaking,

not to everyone else but to me, to us,

it's saying how long will you lay there

doing nothing, taking unnecessary naps,

folding your hands,

scrolling on your phone, doing nothing.

One day you'll wake up and poverty

will be knocking at your door,

coming like an armed man.

That is terrifying.

But I think what the Lord is doing is

he's not trying to scare us.

He's trying to warn us.

You know, before we get into this conversation,

I want to be very sensitive to people

who are possibly struggling with their mental health.

I have been there before

and this is not what I'm talking about today.

I know what it feels like when you are depressed

and it is hard to get out of bed.

When you feel like you're doing everything you can,

but it feels like you're carrying all this weight

and even brushing your teeth

or taking a shower

or responding to a message feels draining, right?

Where we sleep just so we don't have to tackle the day.

That's not what I'm talking about here.

I went through a very, very long time

where I was clinically depressed

and it was really, really hard.

And so that's not what I'm talking about

and we will have an episode on depression.

And if you feel like that is you,

what I just described,

I would love to pray for you.

However, what I'm talking about today is laziness

where we are choosing this lifestyle.

Now recently, not that long ago, a few months ago,

I was choosing laziness.

I wasn't depressed anymore,

but I was choosing to do nothing.

I was able to do everything,

but I was choosing to do nothing

because at this time,

I just had a lot of free time

and I spent most of my time just on my phone,

scrolling, laying around like I said.

And I think that's what the Bible is talking about here.

It's talking about people who are choosing to do nothing

with their lives because we struggle with laziness.

It's hard.

It's hard to come to terms with.

I don't want to come to terms with it either,

but I think sometimes we have to use those harsh words

like the Bible does,

harsh words like sluggard,

a habitually inactive person

because in all honesty, sometimes that is us.

If we can just be honest,

if we can just be real,

sometimes we are the person who's not going out there,

who's not tackling life,

but just letting the days pass us by

because we're struggling with laziness.

The Bible says that the consequence of laziness

and proverbs 13-4 is that the soul of a slugger,

the soul of a habitually inactive person,

they crave and they get nothing

while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

And so this is important because I feel like this paints us

today so well.

The soul of the sluggard craves.

I think that's what we're doing when we find ourselves

being lazy, right?

We're laying in bed,

we're watching everyone else live the life

that we desire to have.

Do the things that we desire to do

and we're just watching it, we're craving it,

we're scrolling and we're seeing it,

but we're not actually doing anything.

We spend our entire lives craving the Bible says,

while people who are willing to get up,

people who are willing to put in the hard work,

they're the ones that are eating the product

of their hard work, they're the ones that are eating

the fruit of their hard work, right?

Not the lazy person, they are the ones

that are richly supplied.

So in this scenario here, both people

are reaping what they sow.

And we don't even know that we're doing it.

I think that's the trap in laziness

is that time just continues to pass and pass

and next thing you know, we look at the clock

and it's like six o'clock.

And the day is just gone, right?

The day is just gone and you're like,

well, we'll try again tomorrow, you know?

But I don't want this to be your guy's story

and I don't think the Lord wants this to be your guy's story.

So when I first started praying about laziness

in my own behavior and the things that I was struggling with,

I remember the Lord gave me a vision.

A vision that changed a lot for me.

I was praying and I was like,

God, I don't want to keep being lazy,

but I also don't know how to stop.

It's just so comfortable laying around all day.

I feel like maybe I'm addicted to my phone, God.

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And I remember I was praying, I was praying

and I was waiting for the Lord to respond

and he gave me a vision

and it was the vision of me meeting Jesus

at the pearly white gates, right?

And he's letting me in.

It's not that he's not letting me in,

but he gives me this look

and he just says to me,

gosh, I just had so much planned for you.

I had so much planned for you.

So many things that I know you could have done.

So many things that I wanted to do with you,

but you just didn't do it.

And that was the vision.

And I was like, oh my gosh, that just broke my heart.

It broke my heart and it didn't shame me, right?

Because it was from the Lord.

It convicted me though.

It let me know that I can change.

That there is still time.

There is always time to change your behavior.

I think this was a gentle warning from the Lord

that listen, you can get ahold of this today.

You can say one day or this can be your day one.

It's time to get up.

It's time to put away your phone.

It's time to get out of bed.

It's time to open your Bible.

It's time.

And y'all, that vision just reminded me that listen,

like we can just live our days scrolling away,

doing whatever, being lazy, not working out,

not being disciplined, but time is still passing.

Time is still passing by.

You know, when I was going through my lazy season

for a while, I realized it was like three months.

Just pass me by three months.

And I was like, where did time go?

So whether you're working hard or you're being lazy,

time is still passing.

It doesn't wait for anybody.

So it's time to start today.

And I would love to help you guys start today

because it is biblical.

And I think God cares about it, right?

Because I mean, he didn't put us on this earth to just exist.

He put us on this earth to live and to live for him

and to have life abundantly.

And so, yeah, how do we tackle laziness?

How do we get ahold of this?

First things first is we have to remember

that all of this is for God.

We want to work harder for God.

We want to show up for God.

All of this is for God.

Our lives are dedicated to him.

And so in Proverbs, it says,

commit your work to the Lord

and your plans will be established.

If we commit our work to the Lord every single day,

our plans will be established.

If every day we wake up and we do the things we don't want to do,

but we say, God, this is for you,

you will establish our plans

and help provide a way for us to get through it.

So I have three little tips for you guys

on how we can conquer laziness together

and how I've been implementing this in my life.

And it has helped me so much.

As a person who is not the most self-disciplined woman

on the planet, I raise my hand.

I admit it.

This has helped me so much.

The first one is discipline, right?

We cannot rely on our feelings.

There is so much that we are not going to feel like doing, right?

If we always rely on motivation,

then nothing will ever get done.

I am not motivated to clean my room.

And when I am motivated to clean my room,

it's because I saw someone on YouTube

do like a clean my house day with me or whatever.

And it's like 2 a.m.

and I'm like, I can't wait to clean my room.

But guess what?

I wake up and that motivation is gone.

It's already fleeted.

And so we can't rely on motivation.

What we need to rely on is discipline

is building a habit of doing things

even when we don't feel like doing it

and allowing that to become a routine

that our body and our mind starts to learn.

We cannot rely on our feelings,

but we have to rely on the truth.

We may not always feel like reading our Bible.

But the truth is that we always seem to feel better

when we invite the presence of God into the room.

When we spend time with God, when we get to know Him,

when we realize He deserves it

and to have a true relationship with someone,

you have to spend time with Him.

And that is including the God Almighty.

And so that's the truth.

We may not always feel like going to the gym,

but we know that it's gonna make us healthier, right?

That's the truth.

It's gonna make us healthier.

It's gonna make our bodies stronger.

We may not always feel like cooking a healthy meal, right?

It takes more time.

It is way more easier to go through the drive-through.

Guilty, I do that sometimes.

It's just easier to go through the drive-through

because I don't feel like cooking,

but the truth is, is that cooking a meal at home

with vegetables and healthy ingredients.

It's not only cheaper in the long run,

but it also makes me feel better.

That is the truth.

It makes my body healthier.

And so we have to rely on truth

and we cannot rely on our feelings.

And then let those truths push us into that discipline.

I read this quote years ago, so many years ago,

it had to have been like in high school.

But it said the best way to build confidence

is to do the things that you said you're going to do.

And I mean, this is so true.

I can tell you how many times I've created a to-do list

for the day and the day is over and I'm still in bed.

And it one thing been checked off.

Nothing has been checked off on that to-do list.

And what is that leave?

What does that leave us feeling at the end of the day?

It makes us feel ashamed.

It makes us feel bad.

It makes us feel like, man,

I'm just lazy, I can't do anything.

Why can't I just do the things I say I'm going to do?

And I think what builds confidence

is relying on that discipline

and doing the things that we say we're going to do.

What builds confidence in our relationship with God,

showing up every single day and saying,

I'm going to read my Bible even when I don't feel like it.

I am going to do it because God deserves it.

I'm going to set out time and do it.

I'm just going to do it.

I'm not going to talk about doing it.

I'm not going to think about doing it.

I'm just going to do it.

I am just going to do it.

The same thing with the gym.

Just showing up every single day

until it becomes a routine.

You don't have to go to a gym every single day

but just getting active, finding ways to get out of bed,

going for a light walk.

I think we have to start honoring the bodies

that God has given us,

not because we want to look a certain way

or have a certain figure,

but just to keep it healthy.

Just to keep it healthy so we can continue running the race

that Jesus has set before us.

We have to be healthy in order to do that.

We have to be healthy in order to pour out into other people.

So start by just doing the things

that you said you're going to do every day.

Every day, it doesn't have to be a drastic change.

You don't have to run a mile a day

and then do this and do this.

But if you know you have this project

that you have been wanting to start

but you just can't find the discipline

or the motivation to do it,

just do one little thing for it every single day.

Say, okay, I'm going to start building the website,

work on that today and just get that done.

You don't have to climb a mountain in a day

but just start taking steps to get there.

And I think that's what starts to encourage us, right?

That's what starts to motivate the discipline.

And so we're not relying on the motivation.

We're relying on the discipline

but now the discipline has its own motivation.

We're already being disciplined

but now we're encouraged and inspired to keep being disciplined.

Last episode I mentioned how I have a walking pad.

I love my walking pad.

And actually I ended up buying this walking pad

after the Lord had given me that vision

and I did this Bible study on laziness

because I had to do something that was practical for me.

It is not practical for me to go outside

every single day and go for a walk.

Okay, I just, I don't love that.

I don't love being alone at the park when my husband's at work.

It's just, that sounds scary.

I don't know who's around me.

That's just not my thing.

And so you have to pick something that's practical for you.

So for me, I have my walking pad.

When I'm working, when I'm listening to something,

when I'm doing anything, I'm doing it on my walking pad

and it helps me get my 10,000 steps a day.

And it just makes me feel healthy.

It makes me feel better.

It makes my body feel good.

And so that's a little step that I did

just to become more disciplined.

At first, you think I wanted to walk on that walking pad?

Heck no.

But after two weeks, three weeks, a month,

I look forward to it because not because it's fun,

but because it's going to make my life better

in the long run.

It's going to provide a healthy heart.

It's going to build my stamina.

Things that are just important, that's what it's doing.

So find things every day where you can be disciplined

to just start doing the things that you said

you're going to do.

The second thing that I have for you guys is routines.

Is routines.

For some of y'all, this might sound like a cuss word.

You might be type B, not type A, and you hate routines.

You might hate calendars, you hate schedules,

and you're not a routine person.

Or you might be the opposite.

You might love routines, and this might help you.

Either way, routines are important because they tie.

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And with discipline.

And so what's a way that we can build a routine

to help us get closer in our relationship with God?

For me, it was reading the Bible first thing in the morning.

First thing in the morning, I used to get so frustrated

when people would tell me to read my Bible in the morning

because I'm not a morning person.

I was like, I don't want to do anything in the morning.

I'm not a morning person.

I want to slow morning, but I realized that when I started

waiting till six o'clock or eight o'clock

or the end of the day to read my Bible,

it was never getting done

because excuses and obstacles kept popping up.

And so getting that done first thing in the morning

was one, starting my day off in the presence of God.

It was having time with Him and space with Him

and letting my entire day be surrendered to Him.

But too, I've spent time with the Lord for the day.

And now if I go to bed and I forget,

it's already been taken care of

and it's not something that needs to slip

or not be a priority.

It is my first priority of the day.

And I'm letting the Lord know that

and I'm letting myself know that.

And it just sets the trajectory of the day.

And I love it.

However, if that doesn't work for you,

you absolutely can set out a time or a routine

for you to read your Bible or to pray

or to spend time with God or to worship.

But if you find yourself struggling with discipline

and not being able to carve out time naturally,

then sometimes we have to carve out time physically,

put it in the calendar, set an alarm,

turn off your phone, set a routine.

Same thing with working out.

I have to work out in the morning

because I know that I am way less likely

to work out after work.

You're tired, you're exhausted, excuses come up.

Maybe you have an emergency.

Maybe now your night is filled with

something you have to attend to.

And so getting it done in the morning is just saying,

listen, I'm gonna get it done.

Here I am, Lord, use me, I'm gonna show up.

It doesn't have to be a vigorous weightlifting exercise.

It doesn't have to be anything crazy,

but just something to start getting your body moving.

To start getting your body moving,

getting your body going,

that way you just feel awake for the day

and it's about your health.

The Bible calls our body a temple.

It's ours to take care of.

We're supposed to take care of this body

that we've been given, that's biblical.

It's a way of honoring our bodies.

And so working out for me is a way I honor my body.

Just staying active.

I think for me why routines were so hard

is because I told myself for the longest time,

like, I'm just not a morning person.

I'm not a morning person.

This is not who I am, but I think at some point

I have to realize that I am letting this label

that I've given myself hold me back, right?

The Lord never told me that I wasn't a morning person.

The Lord never, actually, the Lord has beautiful scriptures

about morning dew and all these things.

He talks about how beautiful it the morning is.

And so for me to say I'm not a morning person,

it just feels, it feels like almost an excuse.

For me, it feels like an excuse.

I think sometimes we have to tear down labels

and instead of saying I'm not a morning person,

find out new things about ourselves.

What if you are a morning person?

What if you've challenged yourself

and now you realize that you actually love the morning?

You love spending time with the Lord in the morning.

You just needed that extra push.

You needed that routine to help you set that in place

and now you might love waking up at 6 a.m.

and reading your Bible and then going for a run.

I mean, that might be a miracle for you,

but who knows?

Who knows what you can learn about yourself

with discipline and routines?

The last thing that I feel like can help you guys

tackle laziness is boundaries.

Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries.

I think this is my favorite one.

I love a good boundary and boundaries are everywhere

and they're for everything.

And for me, I have a few boundaries in my life

that keep me from being lazy

and keep my priorities in line.

First, I am not allowed to do anything fun, anything,

anything, unless I read my Bible.

That is a boundary.

And listen, we have to make sure

that idols are not appearing, right?

It is very easy for things to become an idol,

working out, eating healthy, all this stuff.

You start to worship that and it's all about you now,

but remember what we said in the beginning

that we are committing our work to the Lord.

And so I am not allowed to do anything.

I'm not even allowed to do this podcast.

Okay, I'm not even allowed to do this podcast

unless I read my Bible,

unless I have time with God.

And so that is a boundary for me

with my walking pad that I just mentioned.

I am not allowed, right?

I am allowed.

I can't do anything,

but this is a boundary that I set for myself.

I don't allow myself to watch TV, to scroll on TikTok,

to do any of those things,

unless it is on my walking pad.

Because you know what that does?

It encourages me to walk on my walking pad.

You know, I'm so excited to watch my show.

I'm so excited to catch up on this podcast.

I'm gonna have to do it on the walking pad.

I'm gonna have to do it on the walking pad.

It does not have to be this way forever,

but as I'm creating discipline,

as I'm creating routines,

this boundary is in place to help me succeed.

And so I've been getting my 10,000 steps today

because I look forward to walking now,

because I know that my walking pad is now my teeny time.

I know that my walking pad is now my hangout time, right?

It's my rest time.

Not my lazy time.

It's my rest time.

I'm still resting even while I'm walking.

Active rest and I love it.

I love it.

Those are two boundaries that I have for myself.

Another boundary for you could be having accountability,

having accountability around you,

telling a friend about your goals,

telling your friends the things that you want to succeed in,

asking them to pray for you,

asking them to join alongside you.

I know that the biggest reason why I feel like

I'm the most disciplined I've ever been in my life right now

is because one, I'm married for the first time ever,

for the first time only time ever.

And my husband is the most disciplined,

naturally, person on the planet.

And so if I tell him,

hey babe, I really want to start working out every day.

I really want to start eating healthy.

I really want to grow in my relationship with the Lord

and start reading my Bible for an hour a day

and not 30 minutes, he's gonna hold me accountable, right?

He is checking for me always in a very loving way,

but you guys know Drew, you saw him in the podcast,

but he is going to ask me like,

hey babe, like did you get,

did you have time to do that today?

How was that?

He forms it in a way, I love it.

He forms it and he asks me how was that

instead of did you have time to do it today?

Almost expectant for me to do it.

He's like, so how is the gym today?

I'm like, oh, you know what?

Let me grab my little gym bag real quick

because it's accountability, it's having community,

it's having people that are joining alongside you

and encouraging you, right?

If you struggle with community,

if you're still looking for your people,

start saying yes to things,

start signing up for things

to just get you out of the house, right?

Sign up for that Bible study that happens weekly.

Sign up for that monthly small group.

Sign up for volunteering at church on Sundays.

That way people are looking forward to seeing you, right?

They know that you're going to be there,

it says your name on the list

and so that is just encouragement for you

to get out of bed and you have a place to go.

You have someone that's expecting to see you.

I don't care if it's a pickleball team,

if it's a kickball club, a run club, whatever it is,

a cooking class, whatever it is for you.

Sign up, start saying yes to things

and then what does this do?

This builds a routine, this builds discipline

and now you have places to go,

you have places and people who are expecting you.

And if you don't, like I said,

if you don't have your community right now,

if you're not married,

if you're not in a relationship

for the longest time in my life,

my biggest accountability was God.

I started telling God, God, I wanna do this for you.

I wanna honor you in this way.

God will you hold me accountable

and listen, the Holy Spirit,

he will gently nudge.

Let me tell you, if he's gonna do anything,

he will gently nudge.

Sometimes I can feel God's eyes on me

when I've been just wasting the day away a little too long.

I can feel him looking at me like, all right.

A little sleep, a little slumber.

How long are you, you know, literally proverbs?

How long are you gonna lay there?

When are you gonna get up?

It's time.

It's time to get up.

Tell God about the things that you want to do

and ask Him to hold you accountable.

And the one thing about God is if you ask Him to do something,

He will do it.

If you ask Him like, God, hold me accountable,

remind me, He will, but He won't intrude.

He's not gonna force you.

He's not going to shame you.

He'll gently nudge you, but it is up to us

to put in the work.

It is up to us.

I wrote this little encouragement for you guys last night

when I was planning this episode

and I just wanted to read it to you.

I wanted to read it to you.

It says, remember,

God doesn't call us to perfection, but to progress.

If you're struggling with laziness,

know that his grace meets you where you are.

Lean on his strength one small step at a time.

Every effort you make to grow in diligence

is a step closer to the person he's shaping you to be.

Trust that as you seek Him,

He will renew your spirit, ignite your purpose,

and give you the energy to press forward.

You're not alone in this journey.

God is with you, cheering you on,

and with Him you can overcome anything.

Keep going.

He's got you.

Guys, we can tackle laziness.

It is the end of our laziness era.

It is the end.

We're closing that chapter.

We've all been there.

Do not feel bad.

If it has been going on for a year,

six months, a week, a day, do not feel bad,

but let this encourage you.

Let this convict you to change, to do better.

Not shame you, not make you feel like

what the heck have I been doing with my life?

But to encourage you,

you totally got this.

Listen, if I can become

any what discipline you can.

You can, you can do it.

I am not better than you.

I'm not more special than you.

All I did was set up three simple things in my life

that could help me be the person that God wanted me to be

so I could better honor and glorify Him.

I am a better person when I'm not lazy.

I'm a kinder person when I'm not lazy.

I end up doing the things I said I was going to do.

I end up showing for people in more loving ways.

I end up not cancelling plans because I'm too tired

and I don't want to go.

I'm a better Christian.

I'm a better believer.

I'm a better disciple and I want that for you guys.

To close all of this out, Colossians 3.23 says,

whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord

and not for men.

Remember, whatever you do, do it for the Lord.

Do it for the Lord.

Let Him be your encouragement.

Let Him be your reason.

I'm telling you guys, it wasn't until Jesus gave me

that vision of just seeing His face and He wasn't disappointed

but it was more just like,

gosh, I just had so many plans for you.

Let that be the vision that you see in your mind.

God, saying to you, I have so many plans for you.

If you would just get up,

if you would just turn off your phone,

if you would just put it away,

I can show you exactly who you were meant to be

for my glory.

Guys, thank you so much for watching this episode.

Thank you so much for just, I don't know,

just being here all the time.

I'm so grateful for you and I cannot wait to see you guys

next week.

I cannot wait to hear about your overcoming laziness journey.

If anything exciting has happened for you guys

since you have listened to this episode

or you've started implementing those routines,

please leave a comment down below.

I love to check your guys' progress.

I love to see what you're up to.

Y'all are just my friends, you know, I just love you.

So yeah, thank you guys so much for watching.

God bless you and I will see you guys next week.

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