At all times the machinery of the body continues its work. Day by day the heart throbs, doing its regular, appointed task, unceasingly forcing its crimson current to all parts of the body. Action, action, is seen pervading the whole living machinery. And man, his mind and body created in God’s similitude, must be active in order to fill his appointed place. He is not to be idle. Idleness is sin. {LS 87.3}

Legemets maskineri fortsætter sit arbejde til enhver tid. Hjertet banker dag for dag, gør sin regelmæssige, særlig udpegede opgave, presser uophørlig sin højrøde strøm til alle kroppens dele. Handling, handling, (88) kan ses gennemstrømmer hele det levende maskineri. Og mennesket, hans sind og legeme, skabt i Guds lighed, må være aktiv for at udfylde sit udpegede sted. Han skal ikke gå ledig. Lediggang er synd.