LESSONS FROM THE ANT

The Ants have always been a pointer to the way-to-living for human. Their lifestyle has always amazed man. Though little, feeble creatures as they seem and appear, they are loaded with lessons. Little wonder the proverbs gives the counsel: "go to the ants, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise". The ant teaches wisdom, which is learned by observation—lesson from the ants.

#1- Activity with foresight

Though with eyes that can't be easily seen, she sees beyond the present. She gathers her meat in the summer and her food in harvest. She knows after the summer comes winter, and after the havest there's a period for sowing, germination and growth; what a wisdom! Every of her activity is pre-planned to fit occurrence in the future.

Part of what constitutes her foresight is her knowledge: she understands times and seasons. She knows when there is is a change and when there's going to be a change.

What then is the wisdom in her activity with foresight?

• Whatever must be done in present should be done looking beyond the present; looking beyond what is. Do not bask in what may pose to be satisfaction. If you've achieved a "great feat" you can do more, for a time comes when the "great feat" will be obsolete.

• From her understanding of times, the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happens. Times change, and we should learn to know when it happens. There's a new leader? There's a change. A new technology? There's a change. A new system and policy? There's a change.

Daniel 2:21 KJV—And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings...

When Nebucadnezzar took over from Jehoiakim, the times in which the Babylonians and the people of Isreal lived was changed, and things were different, decrees and counsels varied from what had been.


Understanding the times and seasons gives activity foresight, and when a chance—opportunity—evolves you will have no problem taking it.