September 5th

September

Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, "Life is not pleasant anymore." Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky. Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly. Remember him before the door to life's opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint. Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral. Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. (‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭12‬:‭1-7‬ NLT)

In this passage the word remember is used 6 times, and is the precursor to almost 20 different descriptions of old age. I think that Solomon is trying to get the point across that it is important to remember God. Not to give up on him, or to leave Him behind while you live your life. I think that Solomon is looking back on his life and maybe even looking at who his son Rehoboam is becoming, and regretting the distancing of his life from God. He relied on the wisdom that was bestowed on him, yet forgot about the One who gave it to him. He had set his mind on what was going on in his life, and yet left a God in his dust. But God wanted to be the center of the life he had made, after all, it was God who gave him the wisdom to get to where he had gotten. When you live a life without God as the center, there will be regrets when you look back on the life you have lived. God want to be, in fact he designed us to have Him be the center of our lives.

We are in day 5 of our Church's 40 day prayer challenge, and God is on the move. God moves when people submit their lives to Him. Looking forward to what we are going to see God do in the next 35 days!



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