THE DAILY BLUEPRINT - 2.4.09

Meaning In Life:The Study of Ecclesiastes
part 29

Ecclesiastes 9.1
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works,
are in the hand of GOD: no man knows either love or
hatred by all that is before them.

To know GOD is to know love - GOD is love the Word says! God is love in the fact He sent HIS one and only SON to die on the cross for our sins- He is love in the fact that HE offers us unmerited grace - He is love because He made us and all that you see -GOD is good - on that all of us can agree - but what about the flip side? If GOD is love -that means there must be hatred - if GOD Is love that means evil exists in this world as we know it - I don't know what I am about to type has to do with today's devotional - but on my way to church last night for a Voice of Martyrs service - this thought hit me - the fact is that this time in history GOD has ordained that we would be in the flesh and that we will not inhabit these bodies for long and that our life in the here now is very brief -
one day we will no longer be in this sinful and evil world - where the good seem to suffer and the evil seem to rejoice - but we know the truth and HIS name is JESUS CHRIST! Our lives are in HIS hands - HE is our protector - we are not going anywhere until He says its time!

All the good that we do in the here and now is not our doing - if we have a relationship with CHRIST - then it is HE that is living it out through us - He alone gets the praise and the credit - if we live life this way - there is no more jealousy - for if all of us would do as GOD commands us - there would be less conflict - at least in the here and now - but spiritual speaking - the more we do for Christ the more the enemy will attack us - but so be it - we have blessing to come - when we leave this place -we are with GOD - what is left to fear?
God is with us and if HE is for us - who can be against us?
Rejoice for CHRIST is for us! Amen!

BUILDING MOMENT: THE GOOD WE DO IS REALLY CHRIST DOING IN THROUGH US - THIS WILL KEEP US FROM HAVING PRIDE!
Because we have CHRIST - good comes out of our lives!

2.4.09 - Building on the WORD
DOING GOOD IS ALL ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST!