A Gift Of God

I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.  Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

To those in the world the fruits of labor are earned by them and it is theirs to enjoy. To them there is no supreme being involved in the earning or in the enjoying, and thus no one to thank but themselves. For those of us who believe in our Lord Jesus though, we are most cognizant of the gift of labor when it becomes more difficult or, worse, when we cannot do it at all. Increasing age being one condition in which we become quite well reminded that our labor comes by gift from Providence. Accidents, illness, and injury are other events in life that may remind us of our uselessness apart from that gift of God.  And what a great day to recall the gift of God but Friday, the day we often look forward to the different labors of the weekend. In youth we might expend a lot of energy goofing off on the weekend. Somehow that labor seems so much easier than the labor we expend later in life in yard work, or taking a trip, or getting up, and yet, all of that labor is a gift of God according to Solomon the Wise. 

Great news in Christ for the day!

Bucky