Greetings and Salutations O Ye Non-Sluggards,
"Go to the ant O sluggard...observe her ways and be wise...which having no chief, officer or ruler, PREPARES her food in the summer...GATHERS her PROVISION in the HARVEST. How long will you LIE DOWN, O sluggard? When will you ARISE from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--your POVERTY will come in like a VAGABOND and your need like an ARMED MAN." (Pro-Verbs 5:6-11)
When you are faced with a vagabond with his hand reaching out for your money...or you are faced with an armed man...robbing you of your goods...leaving you impoverished...remember... you invited them in to take your stuff. This curse called poverty...can be avoided in our lives. I am not talking about whether you are rich or poor. You can be rich or poor and be blessed...but there is a big difference in POVERTY coming in and dominating your life. Poverty is a curse and we fall into the curse mentality...and perpertrate the poverty by LAZINESS. We give up... we don't resist...we just accept our lot in life. It becomes a self-fulling prophecy in our lives.
Like Bruce Cockburn says in his song...Lovers In A Dangerous Time..."you gotta kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight." (Lovers In A Dangerous Time).
The Pro-Verbist Father tells his son...one way to kick at the darkness of poverty..until it bleeds daylight...is to CONSIDER THE ANT.
Arising from sleep, preparation, gathering, harvest and provision are all part of telling the vagabond and armed man to get out of your life. Then when you have your provision..you can provide for others. Laziness...negates...provision. I have never seen a lazy ant...or for that matter...I've never seen an ant taking a break or sleeping (I'm sure they must...just never seen it).
Don't wait around for someone to tell you to get up...arise...prepare...gather...harvest..and become part of the soulution instead a part of the Poverty Problem.
Love and Ants In The Pants Kisses
Rodney "WAKE UP" Boyd
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