IT’S YOUR CALL

READING: ECCLESIASTES 11:1-8 

Verse 6: “In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, or whether both alike will be good.”

The Book of Ecclesiastes discusses futility and uselessness. Solomon, the author of this Book of the Bible, calls it vanity. In the verse above, some of this vanity is exposed. One particular form of vanity is the commonly held view that the measure of goodness is determined by how well things seem to work out. There is a problem with this basis for judgment. The issue is that it constantly puts us in win-lose situations when, as Christians, our norm should be win-win. This is not to imply we should always expect to get our way. It is just that we are provided a different standard by which to judge goodness. For a person who has a committed confidence in God’s goodness there is no such thing as loss. That person accepts that greater than the natural look and feel of situations is the eternal –not temporal- measure of the Lord. By that standard He causes all things to work for good for those who are His. As we surrender to His perspective, we become able to see our conditions as He does. Then for those who are in Jesus, we find our victory there in Jesus. It is the ultimate win-win! That’s a thought – about God’s Word

RESPONSE

1. In which of the groups below would you place yourself?
Lose-lose         lose-win          win-lose         win-win

2. What do you conclude from your placement?