Sunday Reading: Ecclesiastes 10:2-3
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 10:2
2 A man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Devotion:
Throughout our bibles the right hand has always been favoured over the left hand with the pre-eminent position being that on the right. This is not to say that “left handers” are always wrong but rather the majority goes... As a right hander I can safely say that my right hand is a whole lot more able that my left hand. I can throw, catch, write and do just about everything better with my right hand than my left. Being on the right hand side is taking up the position of honour, righteousness and even glory in God’s case.
So when our hearts are being described as being on the left or right it is not to say that we are physically deformed with our hearts being in different places (because they are in fact inclined toward the left) but rather to differentiate between positions of honour and dishonour. When we are following God’s Word, trusting it and listening to Him, He will be able to guide us on our paths. With Him as our guide we will find that our hearts will be lead in the right manner; we will be more able to offer help to others through our hearts if our hearts are in the right place first of all. Try balancing something with the weakest hand and you will see that it is harder.
If we put our trust in our weakest hand instead of our strongest hand then we are fools because we are trying to trust in that which we know is weakest! Why should our spiritual lives be any different? How can we expect to help others if we present our weakest hand forward instead of our strongest? Each one of us knows which is our strongest hand, our more dexterous hand, and our more able hand. When we are asked to put our best hand forward we will not submit our worst hand and hope that it will do the trick! God wants us to do that which is right and to always put our best hand forward in all cases. He does not want us to try our second best but to try our very best.
Points to Ponder:
Which hand is your strongest?
Are you offering others your best from God?
