Ants Always Await & Anticipate
“You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two, nobody has to tell it what to do. All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions. So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? How long before you get out of bed? A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?
Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, poverty your permanent house guest!”
Proverbs 6:6-11 (The Message Bible)
Recently I read an article which had been written by John C. Maxwell regarding various lessons which can be learned from the ant. He said that ants have:
A- Attitude of Initiative (Self -motivated)
N- Nature of Integrity (Work faithfully and need no outside accountability)
T- Thirst for Industry (Labor hard & will quickly replace their anthill when it gets destroyed)
S- Source of Insight (Store provisions in summer)
When we consider the ants we can also observe that they are never intimated by obstacles or the presence of anything that they may encounter. Whatever is placed in front of an ant will not defeat or convince it the surrender…. or become distracted from its mission. They may be forced to discover an alternative route – however they won’t quit! The ant is one of the smallest creatures – yet they are some of the hardest workers.
Also, the ants “make haste while it is day”. They know that the night will come when they will not have the ability to work. (I’m not referring the physical nighttime!) We should become encouraged from the tenacity which is shown by the ant.
Looking forward, let’s always, with great: expectation, motivation and determination have that same zeal which is found in the ants. The road may be long and the journey seemly all up hill; however we must keep in mind the old cliché: a winner never quits… and a quitter and wins!
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