Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV
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.
This passage, though often quoted and frequently referred to, is seldom taken in its proper context. It ought to be taken into consideration with the subject of surety.
Do not be slothful about delivering yourself from your suretyship. You have yoked your name and possessions with the debt of another; be diligent in getting the situation paid for.
Provide for it
Plan for it
Pay for itHumble yourself and make sure your friend. See that the debt is paid in whatever means you must do so. Otherwise your own poverty will come.
The Bible teaches us to bear one another's burdens. Sometimes a brother can be in debt and in need of help in getting out of debt. The problem comes when we attach our own names to debts they accrue. Like a sinking ship, if we jump on board rather than saving them, we may go down with them.
So the point of the parable is not merely that we plan for our own "winter" but that, if we have placed our name with another in debt that we are not slothful about getting the debt resolved. Maybe not that we don't get in debt, but that we "gather food" for the "harvest" of paying the debt off.
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.
This passage, though often quoted and frequently referred to, is seldom taken in its proper context. It ought to be taken into consideration with the subject of surety.
Do not be slothful about delivering yourself from your suretyship. You have yoked your name and possessions with the debt of another; be diligent in getting the situation paid for.
Provide for it
Plan for it
Pay for itHumble yourself and make sure your friend. See that the debt is paid in whatever means you must do so. Otherwise your own poverty will come.
The Bible teaches us to bear one another's burdens. Sometimes a brother can be in debt and in need of help in getting out of debt. The problem comes when we attach our own names to debts they accrue. Like a sinking ship, if we jump on board rather than saving them, we may go down with them.
So the point of the parable is not merely that we plan for our own "winter" but that, if we have placed our name with another in debt that we are not slothful about getting the debt resolved. Maybe not that we don't get in debt, but that we "gather food" for the "harvest" of paying the debt off.
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