- All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. Ecclesiastes 6:7 – Desire is insatiable outside of God. This verse sums up so much of what we’ve read in this book. That sinful, worldly desires are impossible to satisfy. That no matter how much we give into them or how much we entertain them those desires keep asking for more from you. Yes, from you. They don’t give to you, they take instead. God is wanting us to be wiser than a person who lets their desires dictate their life. He wants us to enjoy life and not be in a state of constant dissatisfaction with it. That comes with finding joy and enjoying what is already present in our life from God. When we choose to enjoy what’s been given to us and not only long for what we don’t have, we find contentment. This is not meaning we can’t have dreams and goals, those are put there many times by God. It’s just a problem when we choose to disregard the beauty of today for the potential beauty of tomorrow. Learn to find joy in today so you can enjoy tomorrow to the fullest. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 840
- For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun? Ecclesiastes 6:12 – This verse speaks on the struggle we have to know what to truly invest in within our story. We don’t know the future, we don’t know what’s going to happen in the world after we’re gone. What do we pour into now to make sure our life wasn’t pointless? People. We don’t know when our story will end nor what will the world look like once we’re gone. Maybe all our stuff will be sold of and taken by others or maybe it will get shoved into a box in the attic. What though will last is the ways we’ve loved on people and how we’ve poured into their life with Jesus. Do you want your life to end with a purpose fulfilled? Then speak of Jesus with every breathe you have. Let’s give God back the breathe He first gave us. Give it back full of praise and full of the message of life. This is how to make a life full of purpose. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1662
- Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. Ecclesiastes 6:9 – Often I find the seasons I’m most discontented is when my eyes are looking to the future and overlooking the blessing of what’s right in my hands. I dream of what my story could be, what I could have, and what’s not currently in my life. Yes, it’s fine to have dreams and hopes for the future, but where they can turn harmful is when they captivate your focus so much you stop looking at what you have in the present. You are currently existing in answered prayers and dreams you once longed for. For me, I prayed for a wife and I am so blessed with an amazing one. I prayed for my own home and today I get to go to it after work at the church. I prayed for the job I have and now I write this comfortably sitting in my office at church. We are living in answered prayers and blessings we didn’t even know to ask for. Don’t dismiss the wonder of what you have for the desire of what might come. God knows the desires of your heart, trust Him to bring into your story the things that will help you draw closer to Him the most. Seek a new found enjoyment of the blessings your are in today and trust the working of tomorrow with the only One who can actually make tomorrow happen. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1996
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