Tuesday Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 11:6
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know what shall be blessed, either this or that, or whether they both shall be fruitful in the same way.
Devotion:
When you have many things in life you do not look at the small things in life that matter. When you have nothing in life you look at the small things as though they were big. Our perception of things in life changes with our surroundings and our wealth both physical and spiritual because we measure and compare our wealth all the time. What Solomon was trying to teach others was that if we do have wealth in anything then we should be sharing it with others. What we may count as wealth may well be someone else’s normal living; what we count as dross may well be someone else’s hope.
We do not know God’s ways because we cannot understand the intricacies of His ways but we certainly know when God is blessing us. We do, though, tend to overlook so many of the blessings in life by imposing our own ways and thoughts on our surroundings so that they look like the norm rather than the blessings they are. What we need to be doing is looking at life the way it is, one large and continuous blessing from God to us. His ways are ways of wisdom and prosperity. Our ways lack wisdom and tend to chaos. If we are willing to follow His ways in our lives then we will be able to see more of the blessings for what they are.
We plan our days and our lives around what we have, the weather and other physical things instead of asking God to guide us continually through this day as He sees fit. We limit ourselves by what we see rather than expand our horizons towards God’s goals. We cannot hope to reach the things in life that He has planned for us until we are willing to let go of our world and grasp His hand firmly for Him to lead us onwards. His ways are glorious. His ways are perfect. His way and not our way...
Points to Ponder:
Do you look at yourself as rich?
Do you know God’s blessings?
