"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)
Adam and Eve originally were given dominion over all the animal creation, but sin came in and things changed. Then, after the Flood, God placed the fear and dread of man "upon all that moveth upon the earth", and the primeval fellowship between man and his animal friends was broken.
More seriously, their fellowship with God was broken, and soon, in their autonomy, the source of true wisdom was largely forgotten. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things".
Ironically, God now directs such foolish people to the animals they worship to find the wisdom they should have learned from God. "Go to the ant," says the Lord, to learn industry and prudence.
A man attempting to daily die to himself and become the true servant of the Lord and not his flesh.
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