- Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:10 – Set aside this pursuit of sin for life is short and we have a purpose. This chapter is filled with the message to give and show love to those around you for tomorrow is unsure. This selfish pursuit of fleshly desires gets us nowhere but darkness and helps no one, not even ourselves. I want us all to deeply consider the value of each moment we have in life. Our days are short and we must take full advantage of each minute we have. Leaning into sin though isn’t taking advantage of our days for God. God deserves you using your life for Him, part of your life though includes today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 845
- In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good. Ecclesiastes 11:6 – Always seek out ways to help others. This passage reminds us that we can’t always foresee how the seeds we plant may grow. Maybe in the morning we plant the seed of kindness in someone and later that day we open our hands to someone to come and eat with us. God may use both, just one, or neither in that day in a special way, but what we do know is if we never planted any seeds or offered out our hands then we’ve given God nothing to work with. No fruit will grow where no seeds have been planted. What seed can you plant today? In what ways can you choose to not withhold your hand from someone? Give God someone beautiful to work with today and watch the masterpiece He can create. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1667
- Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes 11:1 – Have you ever fed bread to the ducks at a local pond? Have those ducks ever served you or took care of you in any way after you fed them? That’s the idea being shared in our verse. Give freely of what you have to others, even when the possibly of the returning that kindness back to you seems highly unlikely or even improbable. Don’t let the reason you give be because you expect something in return. Jesus set for us the greatest example of this. He gave and gave, served to the point of death, and didn’t asked for a returned favor. While we are blessed with people in our story that will serve us, we’ll find many that will take yet never return. With them, trust God with that situation. You just continue to serve them like God has called you to. Keep showing them Jesus, keep pointing them to Him with your life, and trust God to provide for your new lack due to giving out so deeply to those who will never do the same for you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2001
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