day 11 200108 Ecclesiastes Chapter 5

key verses ==> 5:1-2, 5:3, 5:4, 5:7, 5:10, 5:19

back in camp again..heh... thisis not going to be an easy week but once again i really just want to put my faith and trust in God. i really feel more and more encouraged each time i do my QT and really increasingly look forward to it each day.

on to today's QT! in verses 1-2, we are told to guard ourselves when we go before God. to not go there to make promises but rather to listen. i totally agreee with this verse and really feel that this verse speaks alot into my life. many times i go to church for other reasons, even though my intentions may seem good, likei go ther to serve God or to lead my cell (back when i was a cell leader in Emerald) but that was exactly the problem. i go there with the primar objective to do something, not to be with God. my primary focus is not on God but on the task i go there to do i go there to do things and not to spend time with Him. i feel that God is telling me to go to church for the main purpose of being with Him,to be in His presence, to worship Him, to simply lose myself in His presence. that should be the man purpose of me goin to church. as the verse says "go there to listen rather than tooffer the sacrifice of fools"

in verse 3 it tells me to watch what i say when i am going through a spiritual or emotional high, this verse tells so much about the way i react when i go through it, once again when i read verses 2 and 3 together i feel God telling me to watch what i say when i am going through a high period

in verse 4, it says to not delay in fufilling the vow tat i made to God. many vows i remember in the past tat i have promised God, like to honour my parents more and to really be a testimony to my siblinbs, i must honour that vow. others as well, like me not getting into a relationship till God calls me into one. i have so far been keeping it but i know that there were times i was tempted to do otherwise. but tody this verse has helped me renew that vow.

in verse 7, the part that really speas to me is that many dreams and many words are meaningless, therefore stand in awe of God. i feel that what God is saying to me is that all the words of promisesand all the dreams i have of doing great things for Him will only remain just that, words and dreams, meaningless. until and unless i commit my life to Him and be still before Him. to let Him speak into and through my life. until i be still and let Him use me, i will never be able to fufill the dreams and promises that i have made to Him. i feel encouraged because i know that since i have already dedicated my life to God, i am on the right track, all that is left now is for me to be still before Him and let Him speak, to stand in awe of Him and allow Him to do His work through me.

in verse 10, i am reinded to be contented with what i hve. to not horde wealth or hunger for moe of it for if i seek wealth,it will never be enough for me, rather i should seek the approval of God. His approval to me is worth much more than wealth.

Finally in verse 19, God again tells me to be contented, to enjoy the fruits of what God has given me. i for one really that what the verse says is true, i feel that God is saying to me that it is also important to take a break from time to time and just enjoy His presence. also God is telling me that in all things i do, i can and should find joy in doing it. This i really want, especially here in OCS, i want to find Joy in doing my training and i want God to really just bless me with a spirit of JOY in all things i do.

Lesson of the day:
keep your promises to God and men, love God and be still before Him. No empty prayers and no white lies, no token prayers no compromise. just be still before Him. finally commit your life to Him and enjoy His presence and the blessings that He has given you.