Twiddling Your Thumbs?

Twiddling your thumbs? Imagine the dilemma of a giant; the man may have had had 4 thumbs to twiddle.

“Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck and killed Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant. And there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. And there was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant. When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck and killed him (2 Samuel 21:18-21 NASB).”

Jonathan didn’t twiddle his thumbs; he carried on the work of defeating the enemy. We should stay busy and follow the Master’s example.

Will we do the Father’s work?

“As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work (John 9:1-4 NASB).”