Posted on 09/30/2020 5:44:06 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces” (Proverbs 30:24-28).
Verses 24-28 are highly instructive.
“The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.” There are some things about the aunt that every person needs to realize. Even though the ant is little and weak, yet they do think ahead. That's prudence. To be prudent is to be concerned about the future. Not only that, the ant is weak, and he knows it. The ant works with what he has. That is a really good point, the ant works with what he has. And it does a pretty good job. Not only that, but he takes care of what he has. I like that about the ant. He takes care of his young. He takes care of his nest; he takes care of what he has. He doesn't have a whole lot, but he takes care of it. Christian ought to do that. Take care of what you got.
The ant prepares ahead for his needs. I guess every Christian should do that. I mean one day is the judgment seat of Christ for you and me. We will need to stand before Him, and I pray you're doing something that you will not show up empty-handed.
Secondly, the conies. The coney is the hare, or rabbit, of Leviticus 11:5 and Deuteronomy 14:7. “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” You don't see a rabbit standing in the middle of a field, you know, shaking their fist at the world.
The coney is feeble, and he knows it. He doesn't go out and boast and brag above what he is able. Not only that, he hides in the rock. He knows his existence is dependent upon the rock, so he hides in the Rock. Well, the Rock is the Lord of our Salvation. Not only that, but he hides his precious things, and puts all the precious things that he has in the rock. His children are in the rock. His possessions are in the rock.
So, it is safe for the rabbit. You say, “Well, rabbit stew,” yeah, but I'll tell you what. The rabbit in some respects has more brains than some Christian.
“The locusts have no King, yet go they forth all of them by bands,” now, that's a good application. One thing you can say about the locust, there are united. and secondly, which you can say about him is that they may not have a king, but they do go forth. They do something with what they have. Now, Locusts all by themselves isn’t nothing but a little old bug, but I guarantee you, get an army of those rascals and they'll devour a field in no time flat.
And they can produce tremendous results, even though they are small. They are a picture of the church and the Christians. If we will all work together, it's amazing what we can get done. The problem is that sometimes we think we're working all by ourselves and we just don't want to get in on it.
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces.” Spiders just aren't the most popular things around. I've never met anybody that made a friend out of a spider, especially women. They just don't like spiders. A spider has no friends, and a lot of Christians are like that when they get saved. They live for God; they just learn that most people in this world don't want to live for God.
Not only that, but a spider has no help. She works by herself. No one encourages her. You never see anybody on the sidelines, flies and insects, yelling, “Yea spider! Go ahead and put that web together!” There's no encouragement.
Not only that, but she never complains. She spent the whole night building that web, and some bird will fly through that thing the next morning and wipe it out. You don't hear a complaint, or any hollering, crying, or having an emotional breakdown, she is just out there the next night building that web again. She just keeps right on going on. She doesn't quit. She never quits.
There are four things that are small, little, yet exceeding wise. We could learn a great deal from these things.
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