Time & Chance!
Monday's Devotion (4-5-04)
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV)
If you're successful, in anything that you do, you need to know that you aren't successful because of yourself. You're successful, because of the opportunity that God, has given you! I guess I can use this website as an example of that. The money for this website was sent to me on March 4th of last year. It was that day, that my dad died. He had told my mother to go send the money before he died. No one had any idea that he was going to die, that day. She went and sent the money and then later on that day he passed away of what seems to be a heart attack, but no one knows for sure. My point is that if he wouldn't of told her to go send that money for this website, when he did then we probably wouldn't be up and running today. It was a blessing from God. I'm not saying that my mother is a flake or anything, what I'm trying to say is if he would've died before the money was sent, then she would've easily forgotten because she was so upset and so was I. So, I can't say that this website is here because I have skill or because I am wise. This website is here because of time and chance and God, gave that perfect timing and chance! So, I can't be conceited and thank myself, I have to thank God!
We often think that we have so much skill or whatever and what we don't realize is that it really is all time and chance. Lets say you got a job last week and you're saying, "I have skills, because I got this job!" well let me tell you, that whatever you do there is always someone better at doing it. With that being said, you were at the right place and there at the right time to get that job! If the person who is better at it than you, would've gotten there first, then they'd have the job.
With all this talk about time and chance, we need to think about how God, has predestined everything. Since God, predestined everything, I think we should thank Him for all the good that we have in our lives.
I have a few music demos that were made for me and I'm trying to get them out to the public and on the market. I didn't sing these songs, I just wrote the words for them. It is time and chance that these demos get to the right people, at the right time and get out to the public. With that being said please pray for that time and chance for me.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please give us the right opportunities for our lives, whether it is a job or something else. Bring us close to you, Lord. In Jesus, name. A-men!
God bless!
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