Wednesday, November 17: Ecclesiastes 9- Our common destiny

Ecclesiastes 9:2 All share a common destiny--the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good man, so with the sinner; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them. And the common destiny is that we will all die.

Almost a continuation of yesterday, my morning reading calls me to examine my life. How am I living my life? Am I enjoying what You have given or am I constantly yearning and striving for more? I am back to the contentment theme of some days ago…

Another thought pops up. Am I living a life that is pleasing to the Lord? I can’t remove this book from the whole of the Bible. Scripture is clear that at life’s end there will be a judgment, a day of reckoning when each person will stand individually before God and account for her/his life. I am reminded that at that time I will be called to account for every word spoken (Matt 12:36: But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.). The day of reckoning is not a trifling thought!

One more stop on my morning scripture contemplation.  Faith in Jesus is the way of salvation and the way through the ‘day of reckoning’ (John 3:16-18, and many more NT verses).

Three questions dominate my morning meditation.

Am I enjoying what God has given me?

Am I living in a way that pleases God?

Have I put my faith and trust in Jesus as my salvation?

Think on these…

Lord, big questions, real questions, the kind of questions that are easy to pen, but harder to delve deeply into. Lord, help me to go deep with these and other meaningful questions of life. Help me to go deep so that my relationship with You is deep as well. In Jesus name. Amen.

 

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