“Go to the ant, you sluggard!

Consider her ways and be wise”

Proverbs 6:6
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ANTS IN BIBLE

QUALITIES OF ANTS

CHRISTIAN
WORK WEALTH/MONEY
ETHICS MANAGEMENT
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Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer,
or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

Proverbs: 6:6-8

The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

Proverbs: 30:25

Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer; …….

Proverbs: 30:25-28
 Rock Badgers (Psalm 104:16-18)

(Ps. 18:2,40:261:2)
 Locust (Exod. 10:15)

(Gen 2:18, Eccl 4:9, Eph 4:16))

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QUALITIES OF ANTS

 INTELLIGENT
 TEAM WORK (GOOD WORK ETHICS)
 SHARING AND HELPING NATURE
 GOOD COMMUNICATION AMONG THEM
 GOOD FOOD/WEALTH MANAGEMENT
 NEVER GIVE UP ATTRIBUTE (HOPE)
 GOAL ORIENTED
 CHOOSES ALWAYS THE BEST WAY
 LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
 ANTS PREFERENCE FOR LIGHT
 AN ATTRIBUTE ON DISCIPLINE
ALWAYS BRISK AND ENERGETIC(NO LAZINESS)
 MOST SUCESSFUL CREATURE ON EARTH
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Shortest path between source and destination CLIP

 Building bigger homes to live in CLIP

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“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.

Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16)

“Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.” (Luke 10:3)

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about
like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8)
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TEAM WORK (GOOD WORK ETHICS)

 “The whole is more than the sum of its parts“ (Aristotle)

(Examples-synergies)

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their
toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is
alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie
together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And
though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will
withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken
TEAM WORK (GOOD WORK ETHICS)

Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds
and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building
up the body of Christ,

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him a helper fit for him.”
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SHARING AND HELPING EACH OTHER

Luke 12:33. "Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves purses
which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes
near, nor moth destroys."

Luke 3:11. And [John the Baptist] would answer and say to them, "Let the man
with two tunics share with him who has none, and let him who has food do
likewise."

Mt. 5:42. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who
wants to borrow from you.
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It is known that real ants in nature are capable of discovering the shortest
path from a food source to the nest

It is also well known that real ants deposit pheromone on the ground while
walking. At the same time, real ants follow pheromone that was deposited
previously by other ants (Stigmergy-an indirect communication).

Going from the nest towards a food source, real ants choose a particular path
with a certain probability

The probability that a certain path will be chosen significantly depends on the
amount of pheromone that has been deposit on that path. The higher the
amount of pheromone, the higher the probability that a path is chosen.
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"should be quick to listen and slow to speak."

(James 1:19).

Jesus, for example, said:

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear!“
(Matthew 11:15).

"He who answers before listening—that is his

folly and his shame."
(Proverbs 18:13).
 GOOD FOOD/WEALTH MANAGEMENT (Importance of Planning)

“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but,

the Lord directeth his steps”
Proverbs 16-9

The results of a wise plan-

Genesis 37-47
The story of Jacobs’s youngest son,
Joseph
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NEVER GIVE UP ATTRIBUTE

2 Chronicles 15:7 "But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be
rewarded."

Luke 18:1-4 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always
pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God
nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the
plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.‘ "For some time he refused. But finally he said
to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with
her coming!' "

1Thes.5:17 "Pray without ceasing"

Matt 7:7-9 "Ask and it will be given to you;" He said, "Seek and you will find; knock and the
door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him
who knocks, the door will be opened."
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I Corinthians 9: 26-27
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PHEROMONE TRAIL
BUILD UP/EVAPORATION
CHOOSES ALWAYS THE BEST WAY

Mathew 6: 19-24
“Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon”

No Ruler
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
ANTS PREFERENCE FOR LIGHT

Let’s make a spiritual application of the above observation to ourselves.

Similar to the ant, we are to be spiritually productive in the Lord’s
kingdom (John 15:1-8; cf. Matthew 5:16). We too are most productive,
when we walk in the light of God’s word (Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 6:23;
cf. Ephesians 5:8; 1 John 1:7) — not residing in spiritual darkness
(1 John 1:6; cf. 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11). Brethren, as
followers of God, let us be productive in sharing the light of the gospel
with others, so they won’t have to remain in spiritual darkness
(Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; 2 Corinthians
4:3-4)
ALWAYS BRISK AND ENERGETIC (NO LAZINESS)

Proverb 12:24, Proverb 18:9

MOST SUCESSFUL CREATURE ON EARTH

Failure of Darwin's Theory

1 Corinthians 1: 27-29

Gods Creation
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