A gift from God
“Meaningless! Meaningless says the teacher. Everything is Meaningless!” (NIV) Ecclesiastes 12: 8
The life we live today is full of meaningless activities. There is so much evil on the face of this earth and it is expected to increase with time. Wicked men abound and will forever abound as the world exists. There is so much injustice in this world. Imagine a righteous man experiences what is expected to be experienced by the wick and vice-versa. What do we make of this life?
Also there are instances where God gives a man so much wealth and possessions, but he doesn’t live long to enjoy them, instead others benefit from his wealth. Honestly speaking these circumstances and others not mentioned causes us as Christians to ask so many questions.
Solomon says all is meaningless, because trying to understand these things (unfair situations as is described by us who have no understanding of God’s ways) in the world can make us unappreciative of God’s gift to us. The search for pleasures in this world is meaningless because the world itself is meaningless. However God has provided a life that is eternal and this life is in His Son Jesus Christ. No matter our lot in this world my friend, if we will understand that God works in us to our own good and that all is done to bring us to an expected end, we will see that God has indeed given us a gift , that is a gift of being a part of His Kingdom with His Son.
Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 “then I realised that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labour under the sun during his few days of life God has given him- for this is his LOT. Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his LOT and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God.
Simply put beloved brethren in the LORD, no matter our LOT, let us not overlook the fact that we must enjoy and be happy with our work. Let us work hard to improve our condition but we should never try to be who God has not made us to be. Special text: Job 14.