Day 7 | 21-Day Growth Challenge | "Learning from Ants"
SCRIPTURE:
Proverbs 6:6 (NLT) Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! 7 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, 8 they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. 9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? 10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
INSIGHT:
Success and prosperity do not come without diligence. Sometimes people fall into the traps laid by those who promise to help them "get rich quick." They seem to never learn that there are no shortcuts to prosperity God's way.
Of all the examples that could be provided, Solomon tells the reader to go look at ants in order to learn about the power of diligence. This instruction was intended as a rebuke to those who are lazy, or who the New Living Translation calls "lazybones." By nature, ants prepare for the winter by working to store up resources during the summer.
While poverty for some people is the result of unfortunate circumstances, it is also true that for some poverty comes upon them because of poor planning and laziness on matters that require diligence. Sometimes people are sleep, physically and spiritually, when they should be awake and alert. Obviously, prosperity God's way does not come to those who choose to sleep and not work diligently. He compares this kind of laziness to being attacked by a robber.
Are you awake and alert?
PRAYER:
"Lord, thank you for examples that you provide from nature. I see that all of your creation responds to you. How much more should I respond to you since Christ has saved me and given me His nature? In Jesus Name, Amen! "
ACTIVATION:
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- What other example(s) in nature speak to you about biblical success principles?
- Why do people fail to accept responsibility for their own behaviors that contribute to lack and poverty?
- What actions will you take today related to this lesson?
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