December 23, 2015 0 Comment Ikenna Anyadike
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SUCH AS NATURE

GOD is such a great provider – it is evident from His creation. On a certain day, I sat and watched as an ant spread information to its comrades, after it had discovered a dead fly. Within a few seconds, they had gathered, preparing to move to a private location, what would soon become their food. I noticed some surprising things as I watched these unique creatures:

  • They were little in size but that didn’t discourage them; they were bent on moving the fly.
  • They had no defined strategy; they were trying different things, to see which one would work.
  • Regardless of their weaknesses, their strengths were not wasted:
  • They were very hard working, using their physical strength towards achieving their aim.
  • They were persistent, not giving up and hoping to prevail quickly.
  • They were patient; irrespective of the time it took, they were ready to wait to get the reward.
  • They believed they could achieve more, working in unity, as a team.

As the time went on, another fly was “provided” and so there was a division of labour; some moved to the new catch and the others stayed on the first one.

These little creatures had obstacles on their part:

  • The Wind blew hard, as though it was about to rain but GOD held the rain.
  • The fly was sticky; it was stuck to the ground, difficult to move.
  • There was a bully – a different kind of ant, which was trying to chase all of them away. It almost succeeded until the wind came and blew only it away. It didn’t return to disturb.

As these creatures were still battling to get their “food” away, I thought about intervening, to make their job easier, probably by lifting the fly off the ground, so they could carry it to their destination, but I thought that it might scare them away and they might not return for the fly afterwards. As they pressed on, these ants succeeded in removing and carrying both flies to their destination. I was amazed at that simple natural experience.

Isn’t it funny how there is a similarity between the way GOD provides for us humans and how He provides for His other creatures? When there is provision, we should always put our weaknesses behind us and make use of our strengths, allowing God to deal with the obstacles that we face.

  • Observed and written by Ikenna Anyadike