As a little girl, I can remember one summer
playing on the front lawn when something on the sidewalk caught my eye. There was a trail of ants marching dutifully
in a line across the pavement. Some were
heading one way and some coming the other.
Some had cumbersome loads of useful bits of leaves and dead bug
carcasses that they were hauling into their little ant kingdom down a hole in a
crack in the cement.
So busy … so constructive … so focused.
They were completely unaware that this little
seven year old girl would spend the next half hour trying to make the trip a
little more challenging for them. First
I placed my little pink clip-clop in their way.
They seemed a bit distressed but soon found their way around the sides
and continued their trek. Then there was
a garden hose, a leaf and finally a little water.
Very determined little creatures, ants are!
Never could they begin to understand the
complexities of my world. Ants think
that bringing treasures to their queen is all that matters.
We are ants.
No. Not the bug kind of
ants. The little earthly creatures that
hustle about thinking what we’re doing is so very important. But God looks down and wants us to understand
Him. He wants us to acknowledge Him as
Master and Creator.
Sometimes, I look up. And I begin to understand HIS world. It’s huge and amazing. It’s wonderful … mostly because …
He loves this little silly ant; this
worthless, pitiful …and busy ant.
Colossians
3:1-3 Reminds me –
Therefore if
you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on
earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with
Christ in God.
