Theme: Daily Routine Builds Character - Series 20
Ecclesiastes
1:9 “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again.”
The
book opens with the writer complaining about the endless cycles of daily human
life as futile, even meaningless because it is repeated, we do it over and over
again. The writer complained that
everything we do is vanity and having no success. It’s useless.
What
was the problem with King Solomon when he had experienced wealth, power, honor,
fame and sensual pleasure—all in great abundance—everything he ever own, and
yet he didn’t seem to be contented or satisfied? So he studied the life of people from what he
wrote from Ecclesiastes 1-12 chapters.
He felt like everything was a waste of time, doing the same thing over
and over.
Have
you ever felt like that sometimes, wondering what the purpose of living on the
earth was for? In our daily senseless tasks that are laundry,
cooking, washing dishes, cleaning the house, fixing things, mowing the lawn,
raking the leaves, etc. Once complete,
only to have to be done again and again. The jobs
at work, every day we’re doing the same thing over and over again.
God
has a goal in building our character through our daily tasks or daily routine. Character building never happens
overnight. It takes a life time to build
a character and maturity. When we choose
to honor the Creator with our thoughts, our prayers, and our actions, we keep
growing day by day. Yes, we keep growing
… that is the key to our daily routine.
As
for me, my daily routine is to take care of Tony, take care of household, and
take care of many little things. Every
morning, I turned to my Creator and study His Word. His Word brings life in me. This is one of my daily routine.
At
the end, King Solomon, the writer decided the whole purpose is to fear God, and
keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
In another words, the whole purpose of
man is to “Honor God and obey His Word.”
King
Solomon gave advice to young people that it is more important to commit
themselves to their Creator (12:1) and to make a decision to fear God and keep
His commandments (12:13-14). This is the
only path to meaning in life.
God
is speaking to you today about your daily routine and what He meant for you to
do. Nothing that you do is ever a “waste of time.” Remember… it takes a life time to build a
character so let God fill you with His wonderful love and peace in your soul.
And
God bless you today!
Dorothy
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