Well
Lived Life
Ecclesiastes
3:1-3
Living
well will be different for different people. We need to determine what the life
would look like to give a goal. Of course, depending on our situation, we might
need to respond differently.
Ecclesiastes
3:1-3
ESV
[1]
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: [2]
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up
what is planted; [3] a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down,
and a time to build up;
We
can make a life beautiful by responding appropriately to God's plans. But
working hard and accomplishing much will not get us satisfaction.
Ecclesiastes
2:10-11
ESV
[10]
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no
pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward
for all my toil. [11] Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil
I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after
wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Hard
work and success will not make us happy in the long run. We need to work but
also take enjoyment in our work and it's fruits.
Ecclesiastes
5:18 ESV
[18]
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find
enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of
his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
God
created us to work to be a part of His creation. In fact, God had Adam name the
animals to share in the responsibility of creation.
Genesis
2:18-19
ESV
[18]
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him a helper fit for him.” [19] Now out of the ground the Lord God had
formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them
to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every
living creature, that was its name.
Life
has hardship and pain which we will experience. There is a beauty in this
suffering and growth. The changing season can be difficult and brings endings,
necessary endings. This beauty is in the cycle that allows for creation to peak
and wain, to grow and then to recede. Nothing can stay the same. That is not
God's plan in creation.
We
should view the future as Christmas presents. There should be a zeal for life
and excitement about how God will be with us and get us through these
challenges.
We
can be grateful when we understand who created us and has a plan for us.
Where we live is the Kingdom of God. If God is with us, wherever we go is the Kingdom of God. The same is true if God is not with you, then wherever you go, the Kingdom of God is not there.
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