Do it for God

Other than Jesus himself king Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived. Many of his words of wisdom are in the Bible. In one of the books he wrote, Ecclesiastes he talks about life here on earth. He talks about how there’s nothing new here that hasn’t been done. How there’s a time for everything. He tells of all his accomplishments in life which for him were many. He had much wisdom and endless resources so there wasn’t much he didn’t do. Towards the end of his life he looked back and realized that all that he had done was worthless. Why? He did everything in a grand effort to find happiness and meaning in life but never found it. He had done it for himself. He didn’t do it for God or to please him. He had spent this amazing gift of wisdom that God had givin him on himself!! Don’t we do that? If we were to take an actual inventory of our time each day, what could we conclude would be the time spent for ourselves and what time did we spend utilizing our God givin talents for him? Oh what time I waste on myself!! In chapter 12 he concludes by saying that to fear God and keep his commandments is the duty of mankind. For in the end God will bring every deed into judgement, both good and bad, even every hidden thing. Every single thing we do, even in our recreation, we should do it all being mindful of Gods presence in our lives knowing that we will all stand before him and give account for our lives here. Solomon gave us something to think about!! Father in heaven, help us to do all things to please you and help us to use the gifts you’ve given us for your glory and not for ourselves!!