Lessons from the Ant!

I happened to read this story shared by a friend of mine. It's about yet another of God's creation, the ant, with whatever it has - gives a story to reflect and ponder.

One morning I watched nearly for an hour a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times it was confronted by obstacles in its path and after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour. At one point the ant had to negotiate a crack in the concrete about 10mm 
wide!

                                                                       

After brief contemplation the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked up the feather on the other side then continued on its way. I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this ant - it served to reinforce the miracle of creation. Here was a minute insect, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome. But these ants, like the two-legged co-residents of this planet, also share human failings.

After some time the ant finally reached its destination – a flower bed at the end of the terrace and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally met its match. How could that large feather possibly fit down small hole Of course it couldn't. so the ant, after all this trouble and exercising great ingenuity, overcoming problems all along the way, just abandoned the feather and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its epic journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a burden.

Isn't life like that?!

As young adults, we are in the prime phase of our lives. Sometimes, we are troubled about our family, certain decisions taken, we worry about money or the lack of it, we worry about marriage; work, about all sorts of things. These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life's path and lug them around the obstacles and over the crevasses that life will bring, only to find that at the destination they are useless and we can't take them with us!

Yes, we children of God, need not carry the baggage around. We know we can rely on our redeemer and he will take care of our future.

Let’s enjoy the journey by placing God first in our lives.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

– Matt 6:25