Worship for Today: God's activity in our lives.

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ecclesiastes 5:18-6:2,

"Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him—for this is his lot. Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God. He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart. I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead."

 

Aside from Solomon's point here, I have to admit that my perspective on God is that he is close to each one of us, very close, but that he does not involve himself frequently in the activities of an individual. I do believe in prayer and I believe that God will intercede on behalf of someone as he sees fit, especially in answer to prayer as Jesus taught us, but my perspective has always been that God just does not tinker in our lives a whole lot. Then, I read a passage like the above and have to admit that my perspective needs adjusting.

 

Look at what Solomon says about the Lord's potential involvement in a person's life in this passage: God is the one who gives man "the few days" of his life. God gives wealth and possessions. Not only does he give them but he enables a man to enjoy them. God also enables someone to be happy in his work, as a gift. God might keep someone occupied with gladness of heart, but, on the other hand, he might not enable a man to enjoy the things he has given him.

 

From this passage, not only do I see God as being very close to each one of us, he can also be quite active in our lives, and from passages like this one, I see that he can be very active.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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