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The Wisdom of Small Creatures (93A)
By: Haddon Robinson | 8/22/2006

We need Scriptural knowledge, God, community, and grace. ***See Outline Below.

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The Wisdom of Small Creatures (93A)

Speaker: Haddon Robinson

Date: 8/22/2006

References: Proverbs 30:24-28

Introduction:

Fortieth anniversary gatherings can be awkward.
Robinson's task is to say something about the living of these days.
Agur, who has the wisdom to do that, choose four animals as models for us.

The ant knows what time it is.

The ant knows that winter lies ahead.
Agur teachers that the Word of God can guide us for the days ahead.
Winter is coming for all of us, and is here in the culture in which we minister.
Now is the time to prepare, to dig deeply into the Word of God.
Illustration: While we picnic, ants are at work, stealing our food to prepare for winter.
We need to do the hard work of biblical study to prepare for winter.

Coneys know where their security lies.

The coney is dead meat out in the open, so it hides in rocks.
Our security lies in God.
There's a difference between theological knowing about God and personally knowing God.
Illustration: Theology is like a road sign that points to a city.
Illustration: Coney's arguing about the size of the rock that is their security.
Coneys know both their weakness and their strength—the rock.

Locusts know they must work in community.

A single locust is not much of a danger.
Illustration: At the turn of the century, a swarm of locusts destroyed large areas of the Midwest.
We must have a personal faith, but not an individual one.
Illustration: Only three guards needed at an asylum for the insane because "Lunatics never unite."
Illustration: The apostle Paul was dependent on his friends.
No ministry can be done alone.

The lizard illustrates the incongruity of grace.

A lizard in a king's palace is incongruous—it's about grace.
Illustration: Trying to loosen a reverse screw.
All the Bible is like a reverse screw, not what we expect. It's incongruous.
But if you don't understand the nature of the reverse screw, you never can do anything.
Illustration: C.S. Lewis' comment that "There are no ordinary Christians."
We must not despise any fellow believers, for incongruously, they bear the weight of glory.

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