Reading Proverbs – 22:13 Beware the Lion
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”– Prov 22:13
A funny-sounding proverb today. Not an excuse I’ve used a lot, myself, but then we don’t have a lot of lions around here. Of course, that was the point – there wasn’t a lion outside the sluggard’s house either. Rather than do anything like work, he came up with an excuse that would require him to stay in the safety of his house.
Having finished Batterson’s In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day 1, I can now comfortably point to 2 Sam 23:20 as the example of what to do when you see a lion – chase it. Although not every lion’s paw is against us:
I’ve got a barn full of other excuses, of course. In fact, if you need one, give me a call – I’ll stop whatever I’m doing and spend a half-hour hand-crafting one just for you. My pleasure.
- Mark Batterson. In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars. Paperback. Multnomah Books, 2006 ↩
Dave Travis
Rose
Thanks for this great synopsis. (BTW, “No Name” near bottom of your list was Mel Lawrenz, Elmbrook...
Jon Reid
