The writer took a lesson from it and what he learned was this. If you sleep and slumber too much and are not willing to work, or if you sit by and fold your hands, you will be poor and not have enough to meet your needs. I guess we can all take a lesson from this. We cannot sit around and do nothing and expect to live a life of luxury.
There is something else we also learn from this and apply it in the spiritual sense. Just as we cannot sit around and do nothing and expect to prosper financially, the same applies spiritually. If we never read our Bible or pray, our souls will not prosper and we will not grow spiritually. If we are lazy we could starve physically, and if we are too lazy to read and pray, we could starve spiritually.
It’s so important that if you can work and care for your family that you do just that. It’s also as equally important that we do all we can to have a healthy and prosperous relationship with the Lord. Laziness is not good in either situation.