Organisation

Proverbs 6:6-8 NIV:
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!   It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,   yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

If ants, small and tiny as they are, can be so organised and industrous, I wonder just what our own excuses will be. We are planless and clueless most times, and need people to push us to do what we are paid to do. It is amazing the things we see these days: people expect something to be given to them before they perform their statutory functions; it has become the norm to 'facilitate' projects; governments, ministries and corporations devote time and energy to the study of 'gifts'; men want to be recognised and rewarded instantly for whatever good they do. And we wonder why the world has gone to pieces and is inhabited by inherently selfish, lazy and self-centred people.
For as many that know the Lord, there's a call to be different. Ants show an example: they know what to do and are busy at it. They do not wait for reward because the reward is in the task itself: storing up blessing and nourishment for the future. What better motivation is there than to know that you are being a blessing to someone now and in the future and that all you do now, no matter how small, is a seed that will germinate to something great in future.
Work at it and keep working, the rewards are coming. For ants, they do not live long, but it does not reduce their zeal. We have a God who's watching out for us and who will bring us to the place he's prepared for us. His time of favour is here