Ecclesiastes
9:10-11
The
Race is NOT to the
Swift
-
9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with
all your might, for in the grave, where
you are going, there is neither working
nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
- 11 I have
seen something else under the sun:
- The race is
not to the swift
- or the battle
to the strong,
- nor does food
come to the wise
- or wealth to
the brilliant
- or favor to
the learned;
but time and
chance happen to them all.
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to
change the way that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
Life is
unfair
As you see in the
passage above life is
unfair.
The world is an
unfair battleground and we are sometimes
at its mercy.
I'm sure that you've
seen times that the best sports team
didn't win even though they performed very
well on paper.
Throughout history
there have been many occasions when great
minds and great artists went amazingly
un-rewarded.
Solomon says we
should give everything we do in life our
very best. He is absolutely right. We
should give our all no matter what the
task.
This does not mean
that we will always succeed but it does
make us a winner in that we did not give
up.
I don't remember the
name of the person but an older actor was
being interviewed by a local TV station.
This actor had some successful seasons on
a show that only lasted a short
while.
Now he was older and
close to retirement.
When asked how he
felt to be a has-been, he just answered;
"Better a has-been than a
never-was."
He did his best and
was satisfied with the results although he
was not a "superstar".
Just as athletes and
business people and actors should give
their best in what they do, we need to
give our best to God.
If we remember that
we are here to serve God, not people, we
will win in the end. God wants us to
succeed but He also wants us to give Him
the glory. Give credit where credit is
due.
Love in
Christ
- Bob
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