Daily Digest: Ecclesiastes 8

This morning I was thinking about people who did a lot of rotten things to me and I was also thinking of the bad things I did against God. Suddenly a stack of papers on my shelf fell down next to me. This ended up uncovering my Bible which was laying underneath this stack of papers. If the book had a mouth I know it would have said “AJ, read this now”. I opened it up and there was the 8th chapter of Ecclesiastes looking at me.

1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

I want everyone to know if God will judge the haters and compromisers against Him this year, we should repent now. God judgment is inescapable except through Jesus Christ. Only when we covered by the Lord Jesus Christ's blood is when we can escape the Lord's judgment. Although our sins are as red as scarlet, they can be as white as wool through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only hope for all of us who have done evil. He will not condemn us if we just come to Him. Let's drop everything now and fall at the feet of Lord Jesus Christ.

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As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 15: 9


I want everyone who doesn't know about Jesus Christ or God to understand something. Jesus Christ LOVES you. Even though no one has taught you about Him yet or that no one has explained the Lord to you; Jesus Christ still loves you. Not only that, but Jesus Christ also believes in you, even if no one has told you to believe in Him yet. Even though all your friends and family have at one time betrayed you or forsake you, God has always been in love with you. If you have an addiction that you turned to because life got you down so hard, God wants to free you from it. If you were addicted to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, violence, pornography, fornication, homosexuality or anything else; God has authority over all your sins and can clean them from your record forever. Even if you used to worship the devil, God still loves you and wants to break you free from satan's filthy hands. For even the devil know Jesus Christ is Lord and that God has all the power!

God knew you since before you were born in the womb. He knew everything you went through in your life. He saw what happened when those people messed with you, or how family and friends betray you, or when you suffered in pain from those addictions. He knows you better than you know yourself. Every moment, even when you are sleeping, God is watching you and looking out for you.

Don't worry how shameful, harsh of silly you think your crimes are, God wants to free you from it right this moment. No matter what evil you have done or how often you have done this evil, God right now is willing to forgive you. No matter how terrible the abuse you went through was, He's going to heal you from it.

I know some of you have had violence done against you. Many of you might have gone through abuse or prejudice or rejection. Some of you might have had people look down on you as unimportant. But right now I want you to know, that God sees you as more valuable than gold and silver. You are more valuable than any precious gem in the world to God. This is a fact. I'll tell you why, because the very Son of God, Jesus Christ, was willing to die for you. That sin you have in your hand or on your body or what you do every night, Jesus Christ can free you from because He triumphed over all sin.

Let me tell you about Jesus Christ for a moment as well. Ever since the first man, God has promised us that there will come one who would free us all from our evils. Jesus Christ was not just a prophet, He was the Son of God Himself. He was God come in the flesh. If you ever imagined what God would be like as a human being, you should take a look at Jesus Christ. Remember that song “What if God was one of us”? Well God was in fact one of us 2000 years ago and His name was Jesus Christ. But unlike all of us, Jesus Christ lived perfectly without any sin and He had power beyond all men. Call Him a superman if you want. When legions of demons saw Jesus Christ, they all got terrified of Him. When storms were getting wild, Jesus Christ told the storm to be still and it cleared. Even when people were dead for days and started to smell, Jesus Christ told them to rise and they rose. The sick, the incurable, the broken, the lame....all of them were healed by Jesus Christ.

This was the love God had for you. That His pure and innocent Son was sent to you. Even when Jesus Christ was the only man to ever live perfectly, He still died for any sin or crime you did. Imagine you are about to go to the electric chair and suddenly the warden tells you: “Hey you, you're free to go. Someone has just said they will go in your place”. This is what Jesus Christ did 2000 years ago, so you can live and get into heaven. God didn't want to see you go to hell or see those people abuse you. He wants to see you set free.

Don't listen to what the TV, theologists, or militant atheists have told you about God. They never knew Him. Don't listen to what those people who abused you told you, they are all liars. Don't even listen to what the devil told you, because he knows that his time is short and God is coming to get him soon. Listen only to God. God Himself wants to tell you about Himself. And if you can't understand everything in one day, don't worry because the Lord will make you grow in His Word. I know because He made me grow in His Word too. God helped me to understand things I never ever knew. And the Lord wants to reveal things to you too.

Pray with me this moment...
Dear Lord, I have tried everything, people have come up short for me, and I am sinking in my troubles. Jesus come and free me from all this. I want to know more about You. I want to come close to You. I need Your help. Please fill my heart with You. Break me free from these chains and lift me up. Teach me my king and liberate me from the lies that I've been taught in the past. Please take me, Jesus Christ, and make me one of your children. I ask for forgiveness and I ask for your freedom. Make me a new person in You. In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.