Wisdom Cries...Go to the ant, thou sluggard

Proverbs 6:6  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

We are at day six of our month-long journey through the book of Proverbs, or as it has been called, the book of wisdom. There is much about the acquisition of wisdom and knowledge in this book. There are a ton of practical pieces of advice. This is why I love this book, because when you converge these two attributes you come to some great points which should never be ignored. This is certainly one. Long story short, don't be lazy.

I do not know of a single time that laziness has served someone well. About as far back as I can remember, I had chores. I learned early that it was in my best interest to not be lazy. That sounds like a no-brainer. You get things accomplished. You get paid. You get promoted. You get a lot of things when you are not lazy. You get respect. Some of the people I admire most are those with exemplary work ethic. Here's one...you get food. The Bible makes it clear that even an ant, without someone standing over his shoulder petting his self-esteem or feeding him a steady stream of Tony Robbins motivational blah-blah, knows the connection between working hard and having food. The ant seems to understand that if he doesn't feed himself, he won't get fed. John Smith, the man credited with literally saving the Jamestown settlement, was also credited for telling the men, "If you don't work, you don't eat." That is certainly a wonderful truth, but it wasn't his, at least not originally. The Bible, God's word, said it first. Without getting too terribly political and hung up on domestic policy, I think we would do well, yet again, to get back to some sound wisdom that worked "back in the day" and stop enabling and supporting laziness. Either the job is below them or they are above the job, but the bottom line is, if your next meal depended on it, I am sure you would do it. Hard work built this country. It's kinda funny how no work will tear it down.