ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 194 - Proverbs 6-8 (Learn from the Ant)
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Day 194 - Proverbs 6-8 (Learn from the Ant)
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"Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,
Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
When will you rise from your sleep?
How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep--
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man. "
(Proverbs 6:6-11)
When I first read the text above many years ago, I literally followed the instruction of Solomon and ordered a small ant farm that looked like an aquarium approximately one foot by one foot but only about an inch wide. It came with a few worker ants and sand and I immediately transferred the sand and ant into the glass farm.
The package included instructions on caring for my ant farm. After what seemed only a couple of days, I noticed an elaborate system of tunnels dug by my ants. From what I can recall, the ants built storage areas for their food as well as their sleeping quarters. I'm pretty sure that they one or more of those storage areas were for their waste disposal.
The most fascinating thing I observed with my ants was that they did not just leave the ants that died but carried them to a burial chamber. As you may already know, ants even have their own queen and are organized into groups of workers and soldiers. Wow, talk about a highly sophisticated system of community!
So what does God want us to learn from the amazing ant? Out of all the incredible things that ants can do (they can attach to each other to become a bridge or a tower or a floating raft), Solomon focuses on the ants ability and diligence to provide for the food of an entire colony all year round. Then, he follows it up with a warning to those who, unlike the ant, become lazy - that poverty will become their lot in life.
God has not lacked in providing for the sustenance of all human beings. He even made the ants that live practically throughout the face of the earth so that man could have a living object lesson on how to provide for his sustenance and survival. He who comes to poverty due to his neglect of this fundamental life principle of diligence has none to blame but himself.
A little folding of the hands to sleep--
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man. "
(Proverbs 6:6-11)
When I first read the text above many years ago, I literally followed the instruction of Solomon and ordered a small ant farm that looked like an aquarium approximately one foot by one foot but only about an inch wide. It came with a few worker ants and sand and I immediately transferred the sand and ant into the glass farm.
The package included instructions on caring for my ant farm. After what seemed only a couple of days, I noticed an elaborate system of tunnels dug by my ants. From what I can recall, the ants built storage areas for their food as well as their sleeping quarters. I'm pretty sure that they one or more of those storage areas were for their waste disposal.
The most fascinating thing I observed with my ants was that they did not just leave the ants that died but carried them to a burial chamber. As you may already know, ants even have their own queen and are organized into groups of workers and soldiers. Wow, talk about a highly sophisticated system of community!
So what does God want us to learn from the amazing ant? Out of all the incredible things that ants can do (they can attach to each other to become a bridge or a tower or a floating raft), Solomon focuses on the ants ability and diligence to provide for the food of an entire colony all year round. Then, he follows it up with a warning to those who, unlike the ant, become lazy - that poverty will become their lot in life.
God has not lacked in providing for the sustenance of all human beings. He even made the ants that live practically throughout the face of the earth so that man could have a living object lesson on how to provide for his sustenance and survival. He who comes to poverty due to his neglect of this fundamental life principle of diligence has none to blame but himself.
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