Thoughts for another day

Sept. 17, 2012.

Today's verse: Eccl. 2:24, 25. A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

See our Scripture above? Think about it; and you'll find great wisdom and the correct attitude to life in it.  A man toils hard, works day and night and he enjoys every moment of his life; living rightly and helping others.  He never looks at wealth as to be amassed but something which will help him move toward contentment, while doing both, self care and care of the society.  Such a man is blessed of God.  It's from the hand of God that he's able to live well and enjoy his life. 

On the other hand, there's this man who works hard, toiling night and day and absent during meal times.  If you ask him, he'll say, 'Oh, I've no time to eat!'  I remember when I was a young executive working for an advertising agency, I used to pretend to work hard during lunch time and I never had time to have lunch.  When I looked around, I noticed others skipped their lunch because they didn't have time too.  Some of them got their lunch-boxes delivered to them and the couriers often took them back after a couple of hours – unopened and uneaten.  By the way, a few minutes before lunch, we all had such a lot of time, chatting and fooling around.  Ironically, it was considered a plus point if you didn't have lunch as you'd be termed a busy guy with great responsibilities and grow.  The prime objective in these environments is to amass wealth to of course brag about it.  But then, you don't have time to enjoy it or rather pretend you don't have time; funny, really funny, the ways of the world.

Now that I've become mature, I realise there's nothing better than enjoy ones goods, for when you die, what can you do with them.  The Book of Ecclesiastes is an essay on the vanity of man's ways and the ways of the world across the ages.  God's ways are so different from our ways for our ways are so warped in wisdom.  This much I've learned in my life: If I do the right thing and follow God, enjoying everything He gives me; then it's good.  Even if there're times when God really puts me through the fire, I shouldn't lose hope but trust Him to undo the fire around me and in that He will also bless me, so I can enjoy the fruit of His blessings even more.  I have quit worrying about tomorrow for Jesus said, 'tomorrow will take care of itself…'  And I rely on God to help me on my way for when He does, there's no way I can slip and fall.