- For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. Ecclesiastes12:14 – God’s sees it all. That means God sees and knows all your thoughts and your true motives behind what you do. So while we may be able to fool the people around us into thinking we’re wholeheartedly following Jesus, if we’re hiding some sin know God isn’t fooled. So don’t just let your faithfulness be shown in your actions and words, let their be a purity in your mind and heart as well. The transformation God brings begins on the inside with the changing of our mindsets and thoughts. Changing it to what He wants and to bring Him glory. Be aware then if that’s where God begins His work that means He sees and knows the sinful mindsets and thoughts you aren’t letting go of. Begin to release those and let God start His work in you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 846
- The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13 – Imagine an auction closing down. The item that’s up for auction is what is the whole purpose of mankind. Everything in the world is bidding to be the purpose of mankind. Money is bidding, power is bidding, pleasure is bidding. But nothing can win the bid except one. To fear God and follow His ways. King Solomon here throughout this book showed he explored deeply all these other things to see if they would give him purpose in life and fulfill him. All though was pointless, all was vanity. That is except to love God and to follow Him. This is why you are breathing today. Your purpose today is to love God with all you have and follow His ways today the best you can. What are His ways? To love people deeply and to tell them about Jesus. Go then today and fulfill your reason for existing. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1668
- Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 12:8 – As the writer began the book of Ecclesiastes, he repeats this bold and disheartening message. Everything is vanity, everything in life is pointless. Using chapter after chapter he showed how nothing in the world, nothing under the sun could offer him the point to his existence he was looking for. Wisdom, wealth, and pleasure, even in the greatest amount known to man, couldn’t supply him the purpose and meaning to life he was looking for. All he went after that the world had to offer was vanity. Yet he closes out the book with the one thing that wasn’t pointless, a life with God. “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” Ecclesiastes 12:13. In your story, one thing is worth it, a following after God and His ways. It’s so tempting to make your life about the things of this world. They seem to offer those who pursue them so much, and in the moment they sure do, but the pleasure they give lasts only a moment. The joy that comes from a pursuit of Jesus is eternal, and as our writer would say, it’s the whole purpose of our life. Find yourself wholly leaning into your walk with Jesus today. Let the one thing that can give your life real meaning and purpose be what you life is all about today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2002
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