Work. Do work.

Some things yield no fruit worth consumption...

"Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense." (Proverbs 12:11, ESV) There's an old saying: "If you want bread in May, make sure wheat is in the ground by November." Farmers, more than anyone else, understand that if you expect to yield a harvest you can expect to labor beforehand.

Truth be told, we're all laboring...at something. Even apathy and laziness is a labor, and it produces something. The challenge from Proverbs is to have the good sense to labor at things that produce fruit worth consumption. Proverbs 12:11 actually says it makes no sense to follow worthless pursuits. Don't plow in fields where nothing will ever grow. It's just not smart.

It's probably why so many of feel so empty inside: we're starving for good fruit.
It's probably why so many of us are insatiable for more life experiences: we're eating the stuff of life that will not fill us up.

We all labor. Let's make sure we're laboring in places and on things that will yield something worth living for and something we can live on.