Proverbs 6:7 (Mini Sermon)

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1.      Pro 6:7 – “Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,”

1. Which having no guide,
   1. The ants provide for themselves and lay up for the time to come (Pro 6:8) having no guide.
   2. Guide n. – 1. a. One who leads or shows the way, esp. to a traveller in a strange country; spec. one who is hired to conduct a traveller or tourist (e.g. over a mountain, through a forest, or over a city or building) and to point out objects of interest.

• The ant has nobody to lead her or show her the way.
  1. Nobody taught her to provide for herself or to lay up for the time to come.
  2. How then does she know to do it?
  3. Because it’s common sense!

1. If it weren’t for the nanny-state government which provides for the needs of much of the population, nobody would have to tell our countrymen that they need to work, provide for themselves, and save money in order to provide for their needs when they can no longer work ― because if they didn’t they would starve (2Ti 3:10).
2. Go to the ant, thou sluggard!

1. overseer,
   1. The ants provide for themselves and lay up for the time to come (Pro 6:8) having no overseer.
   2. Overseer – 1. a. One who oversees or superintends, a supervisor; esp. one whose business it is to superintend a piece of work, or a body of workmen; a superintendent (of workmen, slaves, convicts, etc.).

• The ant has nobody to supervise her or to superintend her work.
  1. Nobody manages her to ensure that she provides for herself and lays up for the time to come.
  2. Then why does she do it?
  3. Because she knows if she doesn’t she will starve in the wintertime or be cast out of the anthill for being a bum.

1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard!

1. or ruler,
   1. The ants provide for themselves and lay up for the time to come (Pro 6:8) having no ruler.
   2. Ruler – 1. One who, or that which, exercises rule, command, or authority, esp. of a supreme or sovereign kind:

• The ant has nobody to rule, command, or have authority over her to ensure that she does what she is supposed to.
  1. Nobody bosses her around to ensure that she provides for herself and lays up for the time to come.
  2. Then why does she do it?
  3. Because she has a good work ethic and knows if she doesn’t work hard and save for the future she will starve in the wintertime.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard!

1. We as intelligent, rational human beings should not need someone to lead us, manage us, or command us to work hard and lay up enough wealth to be able to provide for our needs near the end of life when we no longer can work.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard!