EAT, DRINK, & ENJOY TODAY! (EP 50)
“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7, 10
There's nothing better in this life than for a person to eat, drink, and enjoy the beauty of the moment that has been given! Too often we get caught in the same mindset Solomon had for years and years, which he talks about in the beginning of Ecclesiastes 2—where NOTHING was ever good enough, big enough, or satisfying enough. We can even read this in Ecclesiastes 5:10 - “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
So if we can never have enough silver, never have enough abundance, what then is left?
The answer is so beautiful, so simple, and so accessible to everyone. We simply must enjoy today, the simplicities and beauties of TODAY are enough! There is no canon event, no big achievement, no elevated status or posession that will fill our hearts and finally satisfy us. Our Daily Bread is enough, and beyond that, there is "NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN" than that he should revel in, and deeply enjoy, the simplicities and beauties of today!
What an encouragement. We don't have to be kings and rulers to enjoy this life. We get to enjoy it extraordinarily more than many kings and rulers, because our God is in the business of making the ordinary things extraordinary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, might have said it best: "He that is mighty has done GREAT THINGS for me, and holy is His name."
Now go enjoy the simple things we overlook every day!! In those things are the treasures and beauties we have sought for years, and never found.
