The Devotional - A Look at the Book #606

The Devotional - A Look at the Book #606

by Jesse Abel

What Papa “J” has to say! #27

I suppose there is an award for almost everything a person can do. There is even an award for being a sloth! They receive the fullness of nothing. Proverbs 19:15 and 24; Potential all around, yet empty results.

The Devotional

The first time I met this young girl, I nearly hit her with the car I was driving. She was on a bicycle her head was bent low and she did not look like she could ride at all since she physically crooked with cerebral palsy. We were new in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska but it seemed that everyone in this area of town knew the cyclist as she bolted at top speed through the city streets. Nearly every morning on the way to work she would dart past me at the same intersection. One morning she was sitting on the curb sobbing and her bike was off to the side, I pulled over and approached her. “What is wrong?” I said; “Look, my bike is full of strings!” “My gosh”, so it was! It looked as though she had ridden through the jolly green giant’s sewing basket. The chain and wheels were entwined in twine so badly that nothing rotated. I thought… I will be late for work this morning. As it turned out I took the girl and her bike to her home about two blocks away and explained that I would come back after work and help her. She was grateful and I left, getting to work on time. Oops! This is a longer story that I thought so I will leave you hanging until tomorrow.

ECCLESIASTES 4

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 – Ecclesiastes is the Living Word of God and I sense the urgency of need to tell this to each of us again and again. So many people who read the Holy Bible seldom look into these books written by Solomon and they all have their reasons. Let me say this; it matters not the reason since reason is merely an excuse and excuses do not exist satisfactorily in any language.

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon deal with the wisdom of living life under the sun on cursed soil. Genesis 3:14-19, there is no escape from the blood, sweat and tears for the SIN associated with the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden. Yet, we see throughout the Holy Bible evidence of forgiveness. Solomon’s words point us to this truth and provide us with integrity and wisdom when making vows to God.

We said yesterday that good and evil walk the same path with us each day. Sometimes, like the girl on the bike… evil reaches out and snares the moment. We may go to church with a good intent; but evil is always ready to snare to moment, making our sacrifice foolishness before God. Hebrews 13:15