A lazy servant disappoints, angers and dishonours his master due to his failure to carry out his master’s assignment. Let us not be lazy in our service for those in authority over us, especially in the service of the Lord. His Holy Spirit is grieved, his glorious purposes are hindered, and his name may even be blasphemed, when those who profess His name are known for sinful laziness rather than spiritual diligence.
26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.