Proverbs 6

Yeah, I am very late... which is ironic, because Proverbs 6 is all about being on top of things and what not. Here's a passage from 6:

Go to the ant, O sluggard;

consider her ways, and be wise.

Without having any chief,

officer, or ruler,

she prepares her bread in summer

and gathers her food in harvest.

How long will you lie there, O sluggard?

When will you arise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest,

and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and want like an armed man.

 (Proverbs 6:6-11, ESV)

Couple things you'll notice about the ant:

1. The ant is looking ahead.
There's really nothing wrong when the ant starts working. I think the key difference between the ant and the sluggard is that the ant has the imagination to see a future scenario, even though everything is perfectly fine in the "summer".

2. For the ant, there was a time in the future when work would not be possible (Winter)
Again, I think this is just foresight and imagination.

3. The ant pwns n00bs in the future while the person who was only living for the next day/week/month gets pwned
Self-explanatory.

Let me close w/ a very tangible outworking of this. But think about what this means for us as citizens of a different world (where we only have so long to plant seeds, to love others, to minister!)

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