Lent
– Day 27 The time of preparation is
moving along as we draw closer to the cross. Are you preparing yourself?
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise! Proverbs 6:6
The Aesop’s Fable about the ant and the
grasshopper is one of my favorites. The ant is a wise, hard-working character. God
Himself gave us this example—take a
lesson from the ants. Near where my family and I go camping there are a
couple of huge ant mounds made of bits of bark and pine needles. We always like
to check on those ant “hills” that are actually at least three feet tall. There
are “highways” of ant trails that lead away from and back to the ant hills and
we like to watch the ants go along those highways carrying their woodland
treasures to their home. Once the kids put a marshmallow on top of their hill
to see what they would do. It was still there a couple of days later. They are
pretty wise insects—they want real food—not just sweets. No grasshoppers
sitting around near our camp, but I’m sure they are not storing up food there
the way that the ants were.
In a similar manner, watch the behavior of
some teens especially during the late summer months. A wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest
is a disgrace. Proverbs 10:5. Young people need to be taught work values
early in life. By the time they are teens their work ethics and habits have
already been deeply instilled. Teach your children well. Remember that your
actions speak louder than words. Wise
words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards. Proverbs 12:14.
Hard work brings rewards, whether it is a cupboard full of food or a mind full
of memory verses—God rewards those who work for Him. Learn from those
hard-working ants and become wise.
Prayer
~ Dear Lord, show me more of Your wisdom that I would become a wise person—just
as the ants are wise.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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