Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for February 11, 2026

DO NOT BE IDLE

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Matthew 25:29

“For everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

Additional Verses

📖 Genesis 4:1-15; Matthew 25:14-30; Revelation 20:11-15

God gave you the gift of this year 2026 in order that you may work to receive blessings from Him every day. However, blessings will not come to you when you are idle and doing nothing. It is only idols which are stiff and cannot move at all which will not do anything. Paul admonishes people whom he heard who were not willing to work. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” As a child of God, you must know that laziness is a sin. Proverbs 10:4 says, “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.” God gave you everything that you need to cause changes to your life just as the master gave talents to his three servants in Matthew 25:14-30. The two servants who were trusted with five talents and two talents respectively, immediately got busy and multiplied their talents while the third servant did nothing, hid his talent and remained idle. When the master returned, he rewarded the two hard working servants when he said to them, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou has been faithful over a few things, l will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” But the master punished the lazy servant. On the day of judgment, you will be judged according to your works just as the Holy Bible says in Revelation 20:12, “And l saw the dead small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works.” When Jesus Christ lived on earth, He was not idle at all but He worked all the time. Matthew 4:23 says, “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.” Before He started His Ministry, He was a carpenter working with Joseph His step father. Mark 6:3 says, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.” You should make Jesus Christ your standard for living. Just as He worked all the time, you must also work and not be idle. As a child of God, you must know that it is only faith and works that will guarantee you eternal life. James 2:26 says, “For as the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” The reason for stealing, killing and destruction in the world today is because of laziness in humankind. Laziness attracts the Devil and his demons in your life. When your life becomes full of demons, your soul will die because the devil comes only to steal, kill and to destroy souls. If you are to be a victor and more than a conqueror all your days, you must allow the LORD Jesus Christ to control your life and you are going to see yourself getting successful and overcoming the challenges that come your way. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You LORD Jesus Christ for giving me the grace to follow Your example while You lived here on earth. Help me to use every opportunity to tape into Your blessings so that I can cause a positive change in my life and in my nation and in the world. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.