Coming up EMPTY
This morning I arose knowing it’s missions convention weekend in our church and Donna and I would be making a faith promise to God concerning our finances for world harvest. During my prayer time I found myself reading through Ecclesiastes chapter one and something stuck strong in my spirit. It was the words from chapter 1 verse 15 - “what is crooked cannot be made straight”.
Wow… I immediately thought about the situation with our world’s economy and Wall Street. I thought about the housing market and all the problems people are having on what is now being called “Main Street”. I thought about the upcoming election and the shallow if not impossible promises being made by the candidates… and this verse just seemed to say it all. Whether it’s wars in Iraq, troubles in the middle East, problems on Main Street and chaos on Wall Street it’s because all these things are tied to the systems of this world and 3000 years ago Solomon wrote - the things of this world are crooked and they CANNOT BE MADE STRAIGHT.
This entire book is about his striving to implement the things of the world into his own life and over and over again he comes up with one simple conclusion - try as you might when you put your hope in this world you will come up empty.
When will we ever learn, huh gang? Maybe today is a good day for all of us to think about what crooked things we are trying to make straight. If you find some things (as I have) - well give it up and remember God;s words - they will never be made straight.
Just a thought
