Psa 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, O LORD, and teach me your paths. (5) Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you.
CHRIST AND THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE
Psa 37:5 Entrust your ways to the LORD. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf.
Pro 16:1-7 GW The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from the LORD.
(2) A person thinks all his ways are pure, but the LORD weighs motives.
(3) Entrust your efforts to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.
(4) The LORD has made everything for his own purpose, even wicked people for the day of trouble.
(5) Everyone with a conceited heart is disgusting to the LORD. Certainly, such a person will not go unpunished.
(6) By mercy and faithfulness, peace is made with the LORD. By the fear of the LORD, evil is avoided.
(7) When a person's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Can we really plan our own purpose in life? If the LORD made all for his own purpose, even wicked people, then we will need to realize that we must entrust our efforts to the Lord. Then indeed, as the LORD is righteous, then our plans will succeed....if it is according to His will.
Does this purpose include pain and suffering?.....By fear of the Lord, evil is avoided........all we need to do is to be faithful in trusting the Lord.
What better example than Jesus Christ?
1Pe 2:23 When he (Jesus Christ) was insulted, he did not retaliate. When he suffered, he did not threaten but made it his habit to commit the matter to the one who judges fairly.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Prov 16:1 The renewing grace of God alone prepares the heart for every good work. This teaches us that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think or speak any thing wise and good. 2. Ignorance, pride, and self-flattery render us partial judges respecting our own conduct. 3. Roll the burden of thy care upon God, and leave it with him, by faith and dependence on him.
Friday, 9 April 2010
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Professional inspirations #11 - Relax..
Psa 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, O LORD, and teach me your paths. (5) Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you.
RELAX WHEN WORKING
Ecc 2:26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting wealth. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. It's like trying to catch the wind.
Ecclesiastes is concerned with imparting wisdom and knowledge to the people of God and teaching them to fear the Lord.
The book begins and ends with the exclamation, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecc 1:2; 12:8). While “vanity” is obviously a key word throughout the book, when applied to human undertakings or the pleasures and joys of earthly life, it indicates that “the present form of this world is passing away” (1 Cor 7:31) and it expresses frustration, anger, or sorrow; applied to the search for understanding of all things, therefore this book presents itself as primarily a quest to “figure out” all of life.
The joy and the frustration of work.
God gave Adam work to accomplish prior to the fall (Gen 2:15),but part of the punishment of his sin was that it would become painful toil (Gen 3:17-19). Do we not find our work to be both satisfying as well as aggravating?
The grateful enjoyment of God's good gifts.
We should not be blind to the beauty of the world God created (Ecc 3:11) or be caused to despise God's good gifts of human relationships, food, drink, and satisfying labor. These are to be received humbly and enjoyed fully as blessings from God.
The fear of God.
The fact that “all is vanity” should drive us to take refuge in GOD whose work endures forever and who is a “rock” for those who take shelter in him i.e. to GOD , nothing can be added. The absolute sovereignty of GOD and his purpose is meant to bring us to a sense of humble reverence and awe of him
1Co 7:31 Those who use the things in this world should do so but not depend on them. It is clear that this world in its present form is passing away.
Relax = slow down = let go.
So just maybe we should relax in what we do, keeping mind that we should always enjoy what we have been given to manage.
RELAX WHEN WORKING
Ecc 2:26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting wealth. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. It's like trying to catch the wind.
Ecclesiastes is concerned with imparting wisdom and knowledge to the people of God and teaching them to fear the Lord.
The book begins and ends with the exclamation, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecc 1:2; 12:8). While “vanity” is obviously a key word throughout the book, when applied to human undertakings or the pleasures and joys of earthly life, it indicates that “the present form of this world is passing away” (1 Cor 7:31) and it expresses frustration, anger, or sorrow; applied to the search for understanding of all things, therefore this book presents itself as primarily a quest to “figure out” all of life.
The joy and the frustration of work.
God gave Adam work to accomplish prior to the fall (Gen 2:15),but part of the punishment of his sin was that it would become painful toil (Gen 3:17-19). Do we not find our work to be both satisfying as well as aggravating?
The grateful enjoyment of God's good gifts.
We should not be blind to the beauty of the world God created (Ecc 3:11) or be caused to despise God's good gifts of human relationships, food, drink, and satisfying labor. These are to be received humbly and enjoyed fully as blessings from God.
The fear of God.
The fact that “all is vanity” should drive us to take refuge in GOD whose work endures forever and who is a “rock” for those who take shelter in him i.e. to GOD , nothing can be added. The absolute sovereignty of GOD and his purpose is meant to bring us to a sense of humble reverence and awe of him
1Co 7:31 Those who use the things in this world should do so but not depend on them. It is clear that this world in its present form is passing away.
Relax = slow down = let go.
So just maybe we should relax in what we do, keeping mind that we should always enjoy what we have been given to manage.
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