What Do You Want?

Proverbs 6:6-15 (New International Version)

[6] Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!

School is almost out for the summer and isn't everyone excited? I know I sure am! But what do your summer plans entail? I hear it already, "I'm gonna party all night and sleep till noon (and thoroughly enjoy the ruination of my sleeping pattern!)"

What will you do with your summer? Where will you be in your relationship with God this fall? Where do you want to be? Does it involve playing your xBox all night, sleeping till noon and spending the rest of the day equally or less productive as your night? Let me refer back to the words of Solomon here - Go to the ant you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise! What do you want to do with your summer?

[7] It has no commander,

no overseer or ruler,
[8] yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

So what is he saying here, and how can we relate it to our spiritual lives? Like an ant we should take the opportunity to increase in what we can. We should take up every opportunity to grow our relationship in Christ. So what do you want to do with your summer?

Let's just take a look at the next three verse

[9] How long will you lie there, you sluggard?

When will you get up from your sleep?
[10] A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-
[11] and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.

Ouch! Harsh, isn't it. A common thing you may hear referred to in the Native way of life is their diligence in going to church all winter long but, when the summer comes, the churches close up.. no one comes to church. Why? Because they're out fishing and hunting. Good practice? Perhaps. But here's what God says,

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? -Matthew 6:25

So what should we be concerned about? What should you do with your summer?
 
Hone in on God. He's got you covered, you don't have to worry about your life if you've given it over to him, but don't live asleep, don't just lie there doing nothing. Get up! Talk to God. Ask him question, get to know him a little better than the latest gaming console. Grow in and build on your relationship with him so that you may guide, teach and mentor others to do the same. What do you want to do with your summer? 
 
Get intimate with God