Just a thought for today:)

They say that life is not about destiny but it is a matter of choice. But it is equally true as well that at times there are things we really wanted to do which we know are not bad at all and in fact could even make us and other people around us happy yet we have to choose not to do so, especially if the right and good thing we consider is not in accordance to God's plan for us. It's hard I know, but by God's grace we could always tell ourselves, "Trust Him. He knows what's best for you!" (Jeremiah 29:11)


Our God is the Powerful God who made the heavens and the earth and all the things around us - great and small, seen and unseen. He made the wild flowers in the meadows to bloom and provided food even for the birds who do not labor to grow crops just as man does. If God cares for the flowers and the birds, how much more for us whom He had given His Son to die on Calvary to save you and me from the penalty of sin which is death.


I know there are so many things around us that are really hard to understand and for sure there are also many questions whose answers we may never know unless God chooses to reveal them to us. So why should we wear ourselves out trying to find solution to the problem that only God can solve, to find answers to questions whose answers are beyond our comprehension, or to find security in things that do not concern about God's perfect plan and purpose for our lives?


Let us remember: 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 (NIV): A Time for Everything
  
 1 There is a time for everything, 
   and a season for every activity under the heavens:
 2 a time to be born and a time to die, 
   a time to plant and a time to uproot, 
 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, 
   a time to tear down and a time to build, 
 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, 
   a time to mourn and a time to dance, 
 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, 
   a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 
 6 a time to search and a time to give up, 
   a time to keep and a time to throw away, 
 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, 
   a time to be silent and a time to speak, 
 8 a time to love and a time to hate, 
   a time for war and a time for peace.
 9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.


God sets the time for everything. So, we are assured that no matter what situation we are in right now, He will deliver us out of it and will make things beautiful in His time. Let us not forget though that: 

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NIV)

13 Now all has been heard; 
     here is the conclusion of the matter: 
     Fear God and keep his commandments, 
     for this is the duty of all mankind. 
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, 
     including every hidden thing, 
     whether it is good or evil.