"There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces."
Now even though you be "little," you can be, through grace, "exceeding wise"; and for this, the first thing is to be like the ants, preparing in the summer; that is, storing up in the favored time for the coming winter—applying your heart to wisdom, so that when the demand for it corneas it assuredly will come, you may be able to answer the enemy in the gate. You know the mind of the Lord, having learned it from His Word before you were required to act on it.
The next exceeding wise thing is having your house in the rocks—having a position, a home, where no thief approaches—where you are secure and unassailable.
Third, with "no king"; without any apparent or recognized rules—visible power—you keep in company with your own people, the Lord's host—led and governed by the Holy Spirit.
Last, you take hold of heaven with your hands; your feet are not there yet, but you can speak of your hope and present enjoyment being in kings' palaces; "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit."
May the Lord lead us in our littleness to be "exceeding wise."