Idle

2 Thessalonians 3:6In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching[a] you received from us. 7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,...11We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
Me thinks Paul may have had some type A personality. I can relate.
So if we take from this that God wants us to keep busy, what does this mean?
I don't think it's that God doesn't want us to be reflective as passages I've read in the last week talk about how important it is to think of heavenly things not earthly things = God does want us to reflect on Him.
But he also wants us to be productive and do useful things.
As a pose to talking behind others' backs, which likely is not constructive or edifying.
This may be encouragement to keep our focus on the positive.