Proverbs 6

Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest. vv.6-8


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God's telling us to learn from tiny little insects like the ant. Oh but how much we can learn from the ant's ways. They may be a small little insect that can cause frustration in your yards with mounds of sand all over, seeing them on your kitchen counter tops, or some even bite you, but they way they work is amazing. Ants can hold up to 5,000 times their body weight, one of the strongest animals in the world. Yet most often we all just walk right by them. So what is the writer of Proverbs trying to say about considering the ant's ways? Well first off notice he's talking to the sluggard or lazy person. An ant you'll notice always seems to be working without anyone telling them what or when to do a task. They're always busy finding food or building or repairing their home. The ant also plans for the future, providing "her supplies for the summer" and gathering "her food in the harvest."

So are you more like the ant or the sluggard? How can you learn from the ant?