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GO LEARN THE WAYS OF THE ANTS. YOU WILL FIND GREAT WISDOM.



‘Go to the ants, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summers and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?’ (Proverbs 6:6-9).

The Ant is one of the smallest insect that exist and as smallest as it is, it is the most hardworking. You want to learn great wisdom and how to survive life challenges? Go to the ants. I read a story in magazine about a lady who gave up on her job haunt having searched for job but to no avail. She stop looking for job and decided to stay at home until an offer come for her from the few places she has been interviewed. She stayed home all day, cook for her siblings and pass the day either watching movies or playing games on her phone. She was in the sitting room one day, playing a game on her phone as usual when she suddenly remembered that she had to cook lunch before her siblings comes back from school. She left her phone and hurried to the kitchen. On getting there, she noticed a scene that caught her attention. She saw an ant trying to lift up something 3times bigger that it is. She watched with amazement. She noticed that the ant tried so many times to carry, and as the food was falling, it was picking it up again. After some while, the ant left the food since it could not carry it on its own, invited other ants, and together they lifted the food and were taking it to their destination.

 This lady then decided to block their path with her small finger. On doing this, an ant was injured and the food fell off their back. To this lady’s astonishment, the ants never gave up. Some carried the wounded ants, while others lifted the food again and decided to pass through another path. This was a big lesson to the lady. She thought within herself ‘If these small insects can have this great determination and a never giving up spirit, then it was foolish of her to have given up on her job haunt’. The next day, she continued with her haunt with a determination never to give up until she gets a job. She did this unrelenting for a week and at the end of the week she was given a good job.
I really learn a lot from this story as well and I discovered about seven (7) amazing qualities from the ants as I have had to study them myself. 

They are Hardworking
The Ants as tiny as they are can be seen as the most hardworking. They gather their food at the right time and in the right season so that they won’t be stranded during the rainy season. You will hardly see an ant during the rainy season. This is so because they have gathered all they needed during the dry season. You see them working so hard that it seem like they don’t get tired.

They are organised/Work as a team
The ants are also one of the most organised. You will always see them in a row. They don’t walk separately but together on a line marching to their destination without losing focus. Walking in a row helps them to be able to defend themselves against their enemy. They are most powerful and deadly in that way. You dare not cross their path.

They have two stomachs
It’s really so amazing that as small as these insects are, they carry two stomachs. But the most amazing thing about the stomachs is that one is for themselves, while the second is for another. They store food in their second stomach to be shared among themselves during the times they cannot go out for food. This really shows that these tiny insects care for each other.

They are effective communicators
If you have ever taken your time to study the ants, then you will know what I’m talking about. They communicate effectively. When an ant get to a food and discover that it couldn’t carry it alone, it goes quickly to tell another. Then that one leaves and go tell another and before you notice what is going on, you will see a lot of them within few seconds swarming around the food. This shows that they are not selfish and self centered. They share their loot together. They are always united.

They never give up
No matter how heavy or how difficult to carry the food is, the ants never give up. No matter how many times an ant tries to lift a food that keeps on falling, it never give up. Even if you try to block their path, they will always look for or create another way. Giving up is never in their dictionary. I have studied the ants more than I could count and I have never seen them giving up on a food. They are so determined and nothing can discourage them.

They have no guide
‘It has no commander, no overseer or ruler’ (Proverbs 6:7). And yet, they didn’t create an excuse because of that. They work well as if they have a deadline to meet. They work as if they have somebody that will scold them if they don’t.

They know when to work
“Yet it stores its provisions in summer and gather its food at harvest” (Proverbs 6:8). These tiny insects are wise enough to know when they ought to gather their food so that they won’t starve during the times when they can’t go out for food. They know the times and seasons and what they ought to do during those seasons. No wonder they never exhaust their reserve.

They have other amazing qualities that are not mentioned above. For example, they are a formidable army when they move together (Unity is strength), they are focused and they are diligent. The lessons from these tiny insects should be great challenges to us all. Follow these qualities; apply them to your daily routine and be sure to be different from the rest.


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