Hi Friends... Greetings to you...
A terminally ill man in the hospital told me that life had given him a
raw deal. He felt cheated because he had worked hard but would not be
able to enjoy retirement. Besides, he was lonely. He and his wife didn’t
have a good relationship, and his children and grandchildren seldom
visited him. His former business associates ignored him. He was bitter
and didn’t want to hear about God.
The writer of Ecclesiastes also felt a sense of futility. He observed
hardworking people caught up in a monotonous and pointless cycle, only
to die and be forgotten. He wrote, “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity”
(1:2). But he recognized that this was not the whole picture. Throughout
the book he said that life gains meaning when God is acknowledged.
And the writer of Hebrews, penning his words after the life, death,
burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, declared that faith
instills hope and helps us to understand the truths that give meaning
and purpose to life.
Do you feel as if life has cheated you? If you do, look in faith to
Jesus. He was unjustly nailed to a cross so you could be forgiven of
your sin and have a life that is fulfilling (Jn. 3:16; 10:10). As you
choose to live by faith for Him, He will deliver you from those feelings
of futility.
God bless you..
Continue to pray for the unreached as we step towards the Cross...
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