ch.6:6-8 reads "Go to the ant , oh sluggard, Consider her ways and be wise,etc. Then read ch. 30:24 There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer; 26 The rock badgers[a] are a feeble folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags; 27 The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks; 28 The spider[b] skillfully grasps with its hands, And it is in kings’ palaces.
I watched a spider in our downstairs bathroom yesterday as it weaved its web and as it was trapping its prey...made me think of a certain trapper I know(two of them, actually.) I watched from a certain vantage point, not unlike a throne and thought about this scripture found in Proverbs, the one I have refferred to and it spoke to me about those who are always complaining about how they have been missed somehow by some circumstance of fate or bad luck or somebody else's fault or some other reason that they have failed to succeed in life. Then there are those people who in spite of circumstances be it ill health or a poor family background or some circumstance that seemingly would not allow them to do well, yet in spite of all these negative things have overcome and are successful today. I know some who feel that God will meet all their needs without them lifting a finger...guess what.....go to the ant, look at the spider..observe the locust...get off your duff! Ch. 6 verse 9 -11 puts it thusly, "How long will you slumber ; O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? Alittle sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep_ So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man." Much sleep sometimes leads to much poverty
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hi
Again you have touch on something
that we don't talk about much.
When we become Christians do we think that we can stop working for what we need in life?
Is God just going to give us everything with no effort on our part?
NO..As you pointed out in this blog
God is not in the business of just
handing out everything that we need
He is always there to help us and He will make away when there is no way but He wants us to do things for ourself.We must talk to him in prayer and ask His help and then He will show us what it is we need to do.
We can't sit back and wait for God to take care of everything and not
do anything to help ourself.He gave us all we need to work with
and there is nothing that we can't do with God's help,but we are expected to use what God gives us and help ourselfs.
Like the ant we work for what we have and we give thanks to God for it.
C.M.
i just wanna let you know. That your post today. Was very encouraging, I am a prime example....growing up in the family that i have, i have over come alot, with the help from others. yes there have been trails for sure...but the lord has been here....but we need to reach out...and actually do something about it...and not be lazy
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