HANDS THAT SERVE GOD
OBSERVATION: MANY WRITERS BELIEVE SOLOMON WROTE ECCLESIASTES. THE BASIC MESSAGE MAY BE FOUND TOWARD THE END OF THE BOOK. LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, FOR THIS IS MAN’S ALL (ECCLESIASTES 12:13 (NKJV).
INTERPRETATION: ECCLESIASTES 9:10 (NKJV) WHATEVER YOUR HAND FINDS TO DO, DO IT WITH YOUR MIGHT; FOR THERE IS NO WORK OR DEVICE OR KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM IN THE GRAVE WHERE YOU ARE GOING. ECCLESIASTES 9:10 (THE BOOK) WHATEVER YOU DO, DO WELL. FOR WHEN YOU GO TO THE GRAVE THERE WILL BE NO WORK OR PLANNING OR KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM.
POINTS TO PONDER:
IF YOU PLAN TO DO ANY GOOD AT ALL, YOU MUST START NOW. YOU MAY HAVE NO TOMORROW! READ JOHN 9:4.
THINGS THAT JAM YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE NOW WILL NOT BE AS IMPORTANT IN YOU GRAVE. READ REVELATION 22:12. RECOGNITION OF YOUR WORK COMES BEYOND THE GRAVE, HOWEVER, HANDS THAT SERVE GOD BEGINS NOW!
NO MAN EVER SERVED GOD BY DOING THINGS TOMORROW. MAN WAS NOT CREATED IDLE, OR ELECTED TO BE IDLE, OR REDEEMED TO BE IDLE, OR QUICKENED TO BE IDLE, OR SANCTIFIED BY GOD’S GRACE TO BE IDLE. (CHARLES SPURGEON).
APPLICATION: LOOK AT YOUR HANDS. ARE THEY HANDS THAT SERVE GOD AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES? ARE YOUR HANDS FOCUSED, DEVOTED, DILIGENT AND INSIGHTFUL? TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT YOUR HANDS!
