Thursday Reading: Ecclesiastes 7:11-13
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 7:13
13 Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?
Devotion:
No matter how clever we think we are there is always someone somewhere that will have something that confuses us or someone who will have a question that we cannot answer. This is simply because we do not know everything... If you asked anyone what they would like in life they would probably start with a good amount of money through which they will be able to enjoy life and allow others to enjoy life too. Others may turn round and ask for wisdom like Solomon did. Both of these would be good to have and it would be a hard choice to choose between the two if we had to.
If someone would choose wisdom and you were to ask them why they chose wisdom instead of money, they would probably say that with wisdom you could make money so you would not need to ask for it. But how many would choose spiritual wisdom instead of earthly wisdom? How many would be willing to give up all earthly goods just to have spiritual wisdom? If we were asked to name several wise people we would probably start with the people with earthly wisdom and money because we think that they have been successful.
But success is not all about what we can achieve here on earth because our time on earth is but a twinkle in our eyes compared to the time everlasting that our souls have after our earthly bodies pass on. If we have earthly wisdom then all we can gain is earthly riches; but if we have spiritual wisdom then we can gain spiritual riches too. We have already seen that we cannot take anything with us when we die – that is all left behind for our family and friends. So why should we seek out earthly wisdom if we have to leave it all behind when we do die? Is that not then for a good life on earth? Is that not then us focusing on ourselves before God? We have to think about why we are here and we have to try and focus on what God has in store for each of us before we pick up on what we may think is good for ourselves...
Points to Ponder:
What is the best thing you have ever done?
Are you happy God created you?
