Sunday Reading: Ecclesiastes 9:4-10
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 9:7
7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now is pleased with your works.
Devotion:
Don’t you just love it when the bible tells you things like this... Well, take a second look at the verses that surround this one because this is the type of verse that gets so many people into trouble because it is one that will be quoted by all those who want to take you away from God’s ways!
God certainly does want us to live a good life because that way we will know that He is blessing us; but taking your own liberties instead of following God’s ways is not what He had in mind! He has given us free choice but that does not mean that we should go off and make the worst choices that we can think of! It must be said that the worst possible state that we can get ourselves in is still preferable to having to face death without eternal life with God. No matter how much fun you can get out of life, it is nothing compared to what we will have to face if we do not place our faith and trust in Christ whilst we are still alive. No amount of fun living will ever make up for an eternity of death without God!
We need to get to know God before we die because when we do die we will come face to face with Christ and then we will have to answer to His wrath being judged by His rules. It is not a pleasant thought to think that you will have all the things that you have done wrong brought up again while you are face to face with Christ! But if we get to know Christ before we die then He will stand up as our advocate and declare us as being not guilty because He has paid the price for those things that we have done wrong. When we live our lives with Christ and we walk with Him daily then we have nothing to fear. He wants us to be able to have a peaceful and secure walk with Him as He holds us in His arms. As sinners we need to seek God. As believers we need to live with God, working with Him and being an example for others to find Him too.
Points to Ponder:
Do you have a happy life?
Is your life God centred?
