Solomon, having great wisdom, authority, and riches, recognized the vanity of all he had done; he saw that the time of earthly life is but a breath, a short time and then it is over. He didn’t bemoan life, but rather sought to understand the true value and purpose of the days the Lord gives. In considering how much work he had done, the effort expelled in doing that work, and the ensuing weariness, he recognized the importance of attitude while working. Should we look at life with bitterness and complaint, or should we enjoy the days we have, knowing they are God’s gift to us? There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyments (Ecclesiastes 2.24-25).
All we have been given is from the gracious hand of the Lord; all we are able to do is because of His enabling work in our life. Apart from the Lord we are nothing, we have nothing, we are able to do nothing, and we have nothing for which to hope. We can look at our days with complaints, frustrations and misery; we can despise the work we do, the vocation we have, the place where the Lord has placed us; we can be continually seeking something else in desperately trying to find satisfaction in our labors. However, we must recognize that none of these things will bring us true contentment; none of what we seek in this manner will produce fulfillment. Our true delight and satisfaction will only come from resting in our Lord, will only come as we acknowledge all we have is from His gracious hand, will only come as we delight in Him and His Word, will only come as we cultivate a heart of thankfulness and contentment, and will only come as we submit to the will of God as revealed in His Word. Our truest and fullest enjoyments will be found only in Christ and through living in harmony with Him and His Word.
Fully satisfied in Christ – we have much to be thankful for –
Terry
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