I’m trying to put Seth Godin into practice: “Lock up the candy” that I wrote about last Thursday. I started the day reading Proverbs first. Email off. Internet off. I landed on Proverbs 6.6 – 8, and because it was first in my day, meditated on it all day.

Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. (Proverbs 6.6 – 8, NKJV)

It’s a text I’ve read many times, but this time I focused on “…having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer…”

No leader, just self discipline to do the right thing when it needs to be done. Actually, for the ant it’s “instinct,” but for us it has to be self-discipline. We have the capacity to take responsibility, work hard and wisely. But we must choose to do so. Hence the command:

Consider the ant and be wise.

Train yourself for godliness. (1 Timothy 4.7, ESV)