Ecclesiastes
7:9-14
Best
of Times - Worst of
Times
-
7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools.
10
Do not say, "Why were the old days better
than these?" For it is not wise to ask
such questions.
11
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good
thing and benefits those who see the sun.
12
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
that wisdom preserves the life of its
possessor.
13
Consider what God has done: Who can
straighten what he has made crooked?
14
When times are good, be happy; but when
times are bad, consider: God has made the
one as well as the other. Therefore, a man
cannot discover anything about his
future.
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
The Best of
Times
The title of this
article is comes from a well-known saying;
"It was the best of times; It was the
worst of times."
Life is like that.
God allows us to have good and bad events
in our lives.
The challenge we
have is that we sometimes tend to believe
that the good in our lives was created by
us and then blame God for the bad
times.
Be careful not to
become too confident by thinking you are
in control of your future. God may hand
you some of the "bad times" just to bring
you back to Him.
Thank God for the
good times and the bad because both are
bound to happen. God will be there for you
during the rough parts of your life and
remember that He always has His reasons
for what happens to you.
Mark Twain wrote
about bad luck in his novel, "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
.
When Huck touched
the snake skin (which was a sign of bad
luck) and then experienced some
really good things in his life he
confronted Jim with his
superstition.
Huck boasted about
all the good luck they were having and
said that the snake skin didn't bring them
any bad luck at all.
Jim didn't buy
Huck's doubtfulness . He simply said;
"Don't you worry, Huck. It's 'a
comin'."
If you haven't
experienced your "bump in the road" yet,
don't you worry, it's a comin'.
But remember, God
will be there for you if you only ask
Him.
Love in
Christ
- Bob
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Bob
Pardue is a
member of First
Baptist Church
in Lancaster, SC. He is ordained from Rich
Hill Baptist in Lancaster.
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