Education for success by observation

Did you know that we can we learn about success in our personal lives and the business world by observing God's creation?

Yep, you better believe we can!

The Bible says in Proverbs chapter six verses six thru eight (KJV):

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,?

?Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Ants are great teachers, There are things you can learn from ants that will help you in the business world more than your education. Ants work hard without coercion, And, They save part of all their production. These two basic skills for success are generally neglected in modern societies, (hard work, and saving) where pleasure is emphasized and deficit spending is encouraged. A Degree may not be as useful as what is taught by ants in your own backyard everyday.

Think about ants. These tiny creatures that God created. They have an excellent work ethic, They are always moving, quickly and energetically. They work efficiently. They work tirelessly. They do not stand around, sit around, or slack through their work. They work fast, They do not pace themselves to spread work out: they go right to a project and work hard at it until it is finished. They hustle! They will not quit until the job is done. Ants do not need supervision, they get to work and find something to do without direction. They do not have to be ordered or threatened. They do not have to be reminded frequently of what is expected. What a difference from the slacker (sluggard), who must always be pushed to get anything done.?

When times are good, they continue to work hard to store up for bad times. They do not slack because there is the appearance of plenty. They store surplus rather than eat it all. They deny themselves short-term pleasure for long-term prosperity. In their wisdom, they even bite off the ends of grain kernels to keep them from germinating in storage. They eagerly try to outwork each other by focused and tireless efforts. If one is moving something too large for it alone, others will help him get it where it needs to be. I dropped a piece of pop corn on the ground in the back yard and watched as a little while later about twenty ants tried to carry it away. They are committed to help their whole colony succeed. They are not selfish loners, looking out for number one, when their task is done they help others.?

?? Sounds to me like the ants have been taking lessons from Dave Ramsey. (Zero debt, save and invest, help others. Live like no one else so later you can give like no one else. Wow! What kind of lifestyle could be better. Ant sized baby steps. ????

Ants are great, but why the picture of a grasshopper? Well let me tell you!

I was browsing through pictures from this past summer and came across this one.

It is a picture my wife took of a grasshopper that had been eating the leaves off our green bean plants in our garden. It reminded me of a story that I had heard as a child.

It is a fable written by a man in Ancient Greece named Aesop. The fable is titled "The Ant and the Grasshopper". In this fable Aesop describes how an ant passed by a grasshopper who was “chirping and singing to its heart’s content.”

The grasshopper urged the ant to stop and talk. But the ant replied, “I am helping to lay up food for the winter and recommend you to do the same.” The grasshopper, thinking he had “plenty of food,” responded, “Why bother about winter?” But when winter came, the ant had enough food and could even help others. But the grasshopper “found itself dying of hunger.” To make a long story short, The moral? Be wise and prepare for the future.

I find it interesting that the Bible contains a similar proverb, with the same message, written hundreds of years before Aesop. In fact, the Bible tells us to learn from God's creation, like the ant. And not to waste opportunities but to plan, save, and prepare.

Ask yourself this. Are you like the ant, a hard worker planning, saving and preparing? Or are you like the grasshopper, lazy, selfish, and consuming everything in site with no thought for anyone, much less your own future.?

That's a lot to be learned, from such a small part of God's creation, from an ant and a grasshopper! And I am sure I have only touched on a small percentage of what can be learned from them in this short amount of space I had to write in.

So, Have you ever seen the wonder?

The wonder of God’s Love??

The wonder of His Love in the world all around us?

Have you ever seen and wondered?

Wondered about? ........….an ant or a grasshopper?