Ponderings Ecclesiastes & Judges

I just love spending time with the Lord in the morning. I have a tendency to talk to Him about everything...rarely taking time to listen. Certainly I wouldn't treat a guest that way...just ramble on with my list of important items. In Ecclesiastes 5 Solomon writes, "Guard your steps when you go to the house of God (or in the presence of God). To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few."  God is a person, and though God, we should still talk to Him as if we were talking to someone face to face; reflective, reverent, respectful…listening.

 

This morning I also came upon an unusual verse from the book of Judges 5:31 "May your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."

Or it can be translated, "May they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength."

I like the way the ESV translates this with the word ‘friends.’  To think that we can be a friend of God, blows my mind. We have a God who desires an intimate, personal, friendship with us. This is a great verse to memorize.

(I can’t wait to share more about Judges 5 tomorrow! It is about women filling the roles of a man…and God sanctioning it!)