"Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 2:11, NIV)
There are wild fires not too far from the Crow Reservation area where we plan to be--- "One day at a time." As the, "God-Breathed," Word declares, "My times are in Your hands."
Ecclesiastes 2 is filled with, "I undertook.., I built.., I made.., I owned.., I amassed." This is a life apart from Jesus Christ; it was our lives apart Jesus Christ; and, it's the life of anyone who is not moment by moment walking in Jesus Christ. Instead of, "....when I surveyed all that my hands had done..," we should live, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross."
Let me give you an abbreviated version of what the Kingdom of God/Heaven is like. The, "I undertook," is replaced by, "Thy Kingdom Come. Thy will be done...." We can all look at plans, "I undertook," and see how many did not come to the fruition we desired. If my, "I undertook," is Jesus Christ, then meaninglessness is replaced by, "joy unspeakable and full of glory."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I say again, "My times are in Your hands." Amen.
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Mission Update: We plan to give some school supplies to a pastor on the Dakota Sioux Reservation around Rapid City, South Dakota.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
