Word for the day “Life and leadership lessons from the Ant”
Proverbs 6:6 (NLT) Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!
WE CAN LEARN SOME LIFE LESSONS FROM THE INSECT CALLED THE ANT.
We live in a challenging age of the world, in which slothfulness has become, not only common but even a lifestyle for many. Young people grow accustomed to doing just enough work to “get by.” The elderly look to their retirement as the end to all their problems. How do you live out your life? Consider the solution that King Solomon gives us: go to the ants, you who wish to forsake work, and consider their ways in order to become wise.
Go to the ant: The ant labors little-by-little to get each job accomplished, each need met, each provision made. Part of the “Ants” main responsibilities are of the female worker ants, not the queens nor the males. The ant has no guide or supervisor, no encouragement or accountability, yet she is faithful to fulfill her duties day in and day out. Let’s Be humble enough to learn, even from an ant. We can literally learn a few self-leadership work ethics from Ants.
THE LIFE LESSON OF MOVING A LITTLE AT A TIME, CAN SERVE AMAZING VALUE.
In my learning of Ants, I discovered: Ants do not procrastinate; they do what they can when they can. In contrast, we can at times be guilty of doing nothing, because we can’t do everything at once. In fact, the female ant is so slow and methodical in her duties, many of us wouldn't have had the patience to watch and consider her, as Solomon instructs us to in today’s bible passage.
Just do a little at a time people of God. You will notice that the passage expressly states that the ant labors (meaning works) ants work slow, yet extremely hard to get the job done. Sometimes you just have to take your time and just do what needs to be done. There are endless possibilities of what you can achieve in every dimension of your life. If only you will take to heart these significant life lessons from the female worker ant, and make it a template for your life.
POINT TO PONDER
Ants are social insects, meaning they co-exist in groups and in need of each other.
Ants as they go about their business, leave a trail pattern for other ants to know where to go, and where they’ve been.
Queen ants can have millions of babies, meaning they are always producing and reproducing.
When ants fight, it is usually to the death.
An ant can lift up 20 times its own body weight.
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