Who Am I? I Am As the Ant, the Badger, the Locust, and the Spider!

Ants, badgers, locusts, and spiders!  Oh my!

"There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:  (25)  The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;  (26)  The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;  (27)  The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;  (28)  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces."  Proverbs 30:24-28  

Each of these little creatures were created by God's hand.  Each has a place and purpose.  

• The ants wisely prepare in the right season, at the proper time, for their future.  They, also, seem to always be in constant motion.  The Word warns the "sluggard" to learn from the ant,"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." (Proverbs 6:6-8)

• The badger makes his home firm and strong in the rocks. The King James Version calls this little guy a conie.  The original Hebrew translates as "rock rabbit".  The New American Standard Version translates it as a badger.  These little guys are wise to make their home strong, firm, and secure in the rocks.   The Lord is our Rock, and it is in Him that we find our spiritual needs met (Psalm 18:2, 1 Cor 10:4).

• The locusts display unity and teamwork as they go forth without a king.  One, single, locust is harmless and insignificant.  Yet, when they band together, everyone notices (Exodus 10:15).  Today, we call this kind of teamwork, synergy (the sum of the parts is greater than the individual parts alone.)  Synergy in the body of Christ is found in Ephesians 4:16, "From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."

• And, the spider works diligently and skillfully with its hands from chemicals it has available within its own body, building an intricate and strong web enabling her to catch her prey.  She is small, yet powerful, and prevailing.  

Each of these examples provided in the Word of God are 'exceeding' wise, and are examples for believers to follow.   

Wisdom is something God will provide for us, when we find it lacking in an area of our lives.  All we have to do is ask:  "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5