Today's readings are Ecclesiastes 11.1-10 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eccl.+11.1-10 ) and John 10.22-42 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+10.22-42 ).
There are some days when we wonder whether it was a good idea to get out of bed. We get up, find the dog has been sick and is now grumpy. Bitten by the angry dog while cleaning up after him, we get into the shower and find the water heater has died during the night. After the cold shower, we go outside to find that we forgot to set the parking brake on the car and it is now in the pond. Then we finally manage to get to work and realize that our day is not going to go any more easily. This is a world full of woe and strife. Was it worth getting up? What in the world can I be accomplishing with this kind of life situation?
I am able to accomplish much in any way for Christ. Look again at the start of the passage from Ecclesiastes. We do not know what God is accomplishing. We tend our fields but God gives the increase. It is good to work in obedience to him. We are often not aware of the good the Lord is doing in and through us, nor will we be aware of it all. That's simply the mystery of the way our Lord and Savior works.
May the Lord be with you! You can be assured from this reading that in fact he is with you and is working in and through you.
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