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Although the ant is tiny, and of primitive intelligence, it still has the good sense to work hard and plan ahead. Because it gathers and stores its provisions in the summer it has plenty when the barrenness of winter comes. The lazy person, on the other hand, can find a hundred excuses for not working. “The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion outside!’ or, ‘I will be murdered in the streets!'” (Proverbs 22:13). As a consequence, he suffers the inevitable consequences. “
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.”
— Proverbs 24:33-34 (NIV 1984)
Lord, bless the work of my hands this day and everyday. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.