I'm thinking today of Ecclesiastes 4.6.
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
It's okay.
Striving to change the world without God's purpose is futile.
What if we succeeded?
What eternal good would there be?
What good can we do in our effort?
Of course to do evil is the wrong road.
But is he who is striving ever really doing good?
Would we be better off resting in the Lord and allowing him to work through us?
Can we do this without yielding to laziness and becoming unproductive?
Lord, I don't yearn for fame.
I don't think any of us do.
And those of us who do probably aren't listening to this message.
We don't even know what's best for us every single day.
You know.
Lord, help us do the right things daily.
Please give us this day our daily bread.
I think I've heard that somewhere before.
Is there anything better?
Resting in God and seeing the outcomes that God provides seems like the only road that
works.
But does rest equal a lack of labor?
No.
It equals being committed to the labor of love.
Does labor equal striving?
No.
It means trusting God and doing what God would have you to do and allowing him to provide
the increase.
We've got this.
I know that all that's accomplished by our flawed nature fails and falls away.
But that which God does lasts forever.