Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Proverbs 6:6-11
This is the other side from Matthew 6:34 "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
While we should not borrow worry from the future, we should also be prudent and plan.
There is no guarantee for our plans, however. For example, many people invested in businesses that have been disrupted by COVID19. They couldn't have predicted that.
But likewise, if we laze around and don't work and invest, we will be like the grasshopper who starved in winter while the ants could eat what they had stored in summer.
So, there is a balance to be held.
Father, thank You that You have given us a mind to think and plan, but at the same time, we need to trust in You and don't borrow worry. In Jesus' name, amen.
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