Wisdom From Watching Ants
Saturday September 12, 2020
We find many simple pictures in the Bible that help us understand important ways of living well with God in recovery.
You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill. Ants don’t have leaders, but they store up food during harvest season. (Proverbs 6:6-8 CEV)
Ants are known to be hardworking and we are encouraged to learn from them. We may not have had all the opportunities we think we deserved but what are we doing with what we have? Too many of us expect the government or others to put conditions in place so we can succeed but we also need to carefully consider if we are doing all we can with what we have. As the hard work and team effort of ants sustain them, we are encouraged to follow this example. Whether it's in doing difficult step work, attending meetings when it's not convenient, retraining for employment, or any of the other daily challenges we face, it's good to ask ourselves if we have done everything we can without waiting for someone else to fix our problem. Ants also highlight for us the value of teamwork and the discipline of having a rhythm of work and rest. Working together with others, based on a God-given intuition about the seasons, they make no excuses for conditions around them and simply get on with the job.
This is not a day to let depression or difficulty rob us of the gift of the opportunity to work hard and see how God uses our efforts in His great plan to bless us and give us a rich and rewarding life. Inaction is the devil's tool and he'll use it to keep us asleep while he robs us of a wonderful future. Let's learn from the ants.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Although there are challenges around me, please help me work hard and do everything I can to do my part in building up this life You have given me. Free me from the doldrums of despair and disappointment and help me to keep my focus on Your plans to bless me as I give myself to each task before me. Amen
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