Category: Old Testament

What is Your Purpose?

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 22

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.(1) Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that in his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? 

Scripture Commentary:

What would you say is your purpose in life? Is it to make money or to provide for yourself and/or your family?  Or is it to purchase things you want?

Purpose in life starts with whom we know; not what we have, what we think, or what we know.  It is impossible to fulfill your God-given purpose without knowing God. God is first place in your life.

We have a spiritual thirst and an eternal value, and nothing but the eternal God can truly satisfy the thirst. If wealth, power, and status mean nothing to God, why do you attribute so much importance to them and so much honor to those who possess them?

Do not let material possessions be your purpose in life. What you have in your heart and what you do in your Godly way of living matters to God and endures for eternity.

In this chapter Solomon shows us the cycles of our lives and its the changes These cycles are not to be barriers, but rather opportunities to discover that without God, life’s problems have no lasting solutions. Jesus Christ is the only answer.

Read the Entire Chapter:
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3

“For God Himself is Judge” – Psalm 50:6

Scripture: Psalms 50: 1-6

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. And God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: “Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge.

Scripture Commentary: God will judge all – good and bad.

God judges people for treating him lightly. First, he speaks to the superficially religious people who bring their sacrifices but are only going through the motions. They do not honor God with true praise and thankfulness.  He asks the superficially religious for genuine thanksgiving and trust.

Second, he chides wicked, hardhearted people for their evil works and immoral lives. He warns the evil people to consider their deeds, lest he destroy them in anger.

God will judge all – good and bad. If you think because you participate in religious activities, tithe, or attend church out of habit or conformity rather than out of heartfelt love and obedience that you agree with God, you are wrong.

The very act of sacrifice shows God that you agree with him wholeheartedly. We must pledge ourselves to obey God, and utilize our resources for the good of his kingdom.

God wants righteousness, not empty ritual. God’s judgment must begin with his own people.

Read the Entire Chapter:
Psalms Chapter 50