FAITH CAPSULE: God’s doing is meaningless to the mind of man because man is mindful of world.
Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 8
Out of curiosity, the Psalmist questioned before God, “What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.” (Psalm 8:4-5) Through Genesis to Revelation, it is clearly evident that God is mindful of man. God is so mindful of man when He gave His best to man as it is written, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”” (John 3:16-18) God is so mindful of man to give avenue of salvation for man. God sent His only begotten son for man to be-living in Him and not perish but have everlasting life.
Truly, man of wicked world is not giving self to salvation to avoid God’s judgement which is certain to at God’s appointed time. God gave His begotten Son as an evidence of God’s mindful for man. However, God’s doing is meaningless to the mind of man because man is mindful of world.
Imagine the story of man with offence of murder but on the verge of escaping prosecution. The young man was set to be free of his crime of murder which was certain when sickness came on him as signature of death written over him and no sign of recovery. The young man not wanting to die of his sickness without confessing to his murder, went further to confess as one that committed murder. It was right after confession that the sickness became far and signs of death was distanced from the offender murderer. As a result, he was sentenced to life time in the prison. The story of the young murderer is an evidence of not knowing that God is too great to be undermined. Just like the young murder story above, man under heaven is miscalculating God’s sentence against evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 recorded warning not to be thinking of escaping from doing wicked, “…Because the 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. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.” (Ecclesiastes 8:11-13) It is important to give self to the fear of God, be-living in Him not to perish but have everlasting life.
Prayer for today: Ask God to be-living in His word and not perish at the time of judgement.