Lessons from the ant - 3

In the earlier entires, I considered the following lessons from observing the ants:

  1. All are not equal but you can rise above your circumstances
  2. Unity in Diversity
Today I want to look at other observation: 


Unity in the purpose
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Every ant seems to be fully aware of its purpose as an individual and also as a corporation. Whether it is to defend against aggressors or scrimmage for food, every ant seems to know its purpose. When you view the ant operations under a microscope, amongst the hundreds of ants, you don’t find any idle ant or daydreamers by the side, no internal skirmishes’ or even discussions. Every collision of the heads, the rumbling of the feelers seem to communicate some urgency of the task at hand or an acknowledgement of a resolution. It seems to me that they believed in what they were doing as something worthy of honour, something so imperative that their lives depended on it. Leadership gurus call this a “passion in the purpose.”

If we are to live the abundant life, we need to know what is our purpose at an individual level and also as the body of Christ.

As an individual, we all have a purpose according to God's plans - Jer 29:11.  While there is a specific plan for each one of us, depending on our gifts, calling, vision and inclinations, there a a general purpose for all of us:
  • We need to be the salt and the light of this world -  Matthew 5:13-14
  • We need to be a blessing to the nations - Gen 12:1-3
  • We need to proclaim good news to the poor, proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, and set the oppressed free - Luke 4:18
And we must have the passion to fulfill this purpose. Otherwise we will become nominal Christians, with no purpose or direction.We will be contended coming to church, meeting christians and and going about with our daily routines, like everyone else in the world. 

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