Life Happens

Scripture:

Ecclesiastes 9:11  "I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all".

Observation:

As Solomon was reflecting on life in all his God-given wisdom, he came to this observation: life happens, sometimes its good and sometimes its bad.  He realized that people with the best educations don't always get the best jobs and that the people who are under-educated often got the great jobs and made great money.  He basically is saying that life happens to everyone; the rich, the poor, the wise, and the fool.  Sometimes we go through bad things in life that we can't explain.  Sometimes there is no "why?" this happened to me.  Life simply happens to everyone.

Application:

No matter how hard we try... life happens.  We can't take the element of chance out of anything.  We could pay for the best education in a certain area, then not be able to get a job in that area.  We can be the best at something and never get recognized while others, not as qualified, get the best positions.  In all this, life happens, therefore we shouldn't stress out about things not going the way we thought they would.  We are children of God and we must trust Him and allow Him to lead our lives and to show us the way.  Even in this though...life happens and we must keep a good attitude, love God and others, and deal with what comes without comparing ourselves to others wondering why they may seem blessed and we are not.

Prayer:

Lord, help me not to stress out about why things have not gone the way I would like them to.  Help me to realize that life happens and we are to trust You no matter what and not try to decipher every little thing in life as to why it is not going well or why it is going great.  Help me trust You enough to not have to figure every detail of life out.  Help me deal with the fact that life happens.

Yours,
Jeff