A lot of you know that during the month of December I fast and wake for 5am prayer. I'm so amazed at the things that are being revealed to me. I opened my bible this morning and went to Proverbs 30:24-28. It was not my intent to go here but I landed there. The scripture reads:
Proverbs 30:24-28
I remember reading and studying this passage before, but it moved me so this morning that I had to put my thoughts on paper. I will share some information with you guys. I'm always referring to the dictionary when I'm reading so ofcourse I went there today because I wanted some more detail about the ant.
THE ANT (vs. 25)In verse 25 it states that ants are "not strong. I believe this to be true. After all, I can step on an ant and crush him! But in relative terms ants have amazing strength. If you've ever been at a picnic or outdoor event and dropped food and now ants are everywhere. Next time before you crush them take the time to watch them in action. While carrying this food they're tireless and strong. I read that the ant can carry ten to fifty times their own weight! That would be like a 150 lb. man carrying an object of 1,500 to 7,500 pounds! But more important than that, ants are constantly making preparation for the future. It seems they never rest. They are in constant motion as they go about their work.
Ants are also armored. Scientists call the hard, outer shell of an ant "chitin." It protects them from a hostile environment and contributes to their strength. We should be armoured as well. We live in a hostile world. All around us are evil men who would undo our faith. But God has provided us with a unique armor:
"...take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" Ephesians 6:13.
Like the ant, we must constantly prepare for the future. We must tirelessly go about the work of the Lord. "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work" John 9:4.
* there was so much coming at me with these scriptures that I just could not put it all here. If I did it would be a book. When you have time today read up on all these animals, it will bless you.*
Be Blessed
Adriane-Michelle
Proverbs 30:24-28
King James Version (KJV)24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
THE ANT (vs. 25)In verse 25 it states that ants are "not strong. I believe this to be true. After all, I can step on an ant and crush him! But in relative terms ants have amazing strength. If you've ever been at a picnic or outdoor event and dropped food and now ants are everywhere. Next time before you crush them take the time to watch them in action. While carrying this food they're tireless and strong. I read that the ant can carry ten to fifty times their own weight! That would be like a 150 lb. man carrying an object of 1,500 to 7,500 pounds! But more important than that, ants are constantly making preparation for the future. It seems they never rest. They are in constant motion as they go about their work.
Ants are also armored. Scientists call the hard, outer shell of an ant "chitin." It protects them from a hostile environment and contributes to their strength. We should be armoured as well. We live in a hostile world. All around us are evil men who would undo our faith. But God has provided us with a unique armor:
"...take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" Ephesians 6:13.
Like the ant, we must constantly prepare for the future. We must tirelessly go about the work of the Lord. "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work" John 9:4.
* there was so much coming at me with these scriptures that I just could not put it all here. If I did it would be a book. When you have time today read up on all these animals, it will bless you.*
Be Blessed
Adriane-Michelle
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