Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

When you think of ants our “eyes” only view the industrious line of ants and the “works of their hand”. But this line says consider her ways, the queen.

My view of the queen is simple; her life is all about the children, that next generation, bringing life to the nest to ensure the future.

The workers live to support that goal, they busy themselves to feed themselves secondly, only after securing the future.

This is worked out in the NT in the sense of spreading the gospel, securing the future of the Universal Church, the Bride.

It is not about staying busy, it is about securing the future. If our view of the future is creating our own personal legacy, then no matter how hard we work, we are a sluggard because we haven’t secured a future for the Bride.

Proverbs 6:7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

What compels us to look to the future is not our ruling class, it is our betrothed, Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 6:8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

The old adage “make hay while the sun shines” is converted into NT as Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” and Philippians 2:15

“that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world”

As the world might see the busy ants above ground, we might see this; 1 Corinthians 9:1

“Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?”

The work of a disciple is to make disciples. This continues to be our work until the end of the age.