"Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense" - Proverbs 12:11 (NIV).
Perhaps every kid has played the bubble soap game. After mixing water with soap a foam rises bursting into beautiful rainbow bubbles. The kids blow the bubbles off their palms and then chase them. But the bubbles don't last long. Almost instantly they burst and fade away. Of course as this is a game the kid must splash water again with soap for another foam that will bear new bubbles.
Chasing bubbles is what one can equate to going after a fantasy. A fantasy is something imaginary that has the appearance of structure. Except that it is an illusion. Seen from far a fantasy can appear so real only that if you reach it then you are disappointed. Fantasies can be exciting before one realises that they were just a mirage preoccupying one's imagination for nothing.
In life we too can all find ourselves feeding on fantasies. Someone who hates work yet dreams of a life of comfort and pleasure is a fantasy chaser. When you have a nation that misuses it's resources into wasteful other than investing into productive resource but dreams of being highly developed it is a nation of fantasy chasers. If you constantly abuse your body with alcohol, lack of rest and a poor diet yet dream of being the most atheletic bloc around, you are a fantasy chaser.
On the contrary the word of God is cautioning us from living the "pie in the sky " life. We should do the needful: meaning, let us work and live a life of frugality which God will bless through our sweat. And by observing his laws, "The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none" (Deuteronomy 28:12).
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pray that through work and observing your commands, you may bless the work of my hands, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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29/04/2024 - 30/04/2024 All day“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (John 14:27)
One of the most moving Christian song ever written is, “Its well with my soul!” To hear it sung in cathedrals, concerts or at funerals, always leaves many with goose bumps. It has uplifted many through the most difficult of moments, soothing their weary spirit.
It’s coming into being in many ways show how God so often uses difficult situations to bless so many. In 1871 Horatio Spafford, was one of the wealthiest lawyers, based in Chicago. He was also a devout Christian, along with his wife Ann, and their four daughters. But early in 1871 came the Great Fire of Chicago that destroyed Spafford’s sizable investment.
Devastated from the loss, Spafford, seeking to recover, two years later, decided to go for a holiday in Europe. But at the last minute he was detained by business, letting Ann and his four daughters to proceed, hoping to join them. No sooner had they left when the ship in which they were had an accident and sank within minutes. All the four children drowned, though Anna survived.
Spafford on receiving the news decided to go and pick up Ann. As he got to the spot where the ship had sunk, in his despair came the words that have brought respite to so many, through generations. “When peace like a river attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well with my soul... Let this blest assurance control That Christ (yes, He has) has regarded my helpless estate, And has shed His own blood for my soul. It is well...With my soul..
It is well, it is well with my soul.”It is said as Ann saw her daughters going down, she said, “God gave me four daughters. Now they have been taken from me. Someday I will understand.” And, indeed, “It is well with my soul” was God’s gift to all of mankind through a tragedy.
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of heaven, sometimes through tragedies, it is difficult to understand or appreciate the moment; but as the song goes, whatever the difficulty may be, “Its well with my soul” for you are with me, no matter! This I pray in Jesus’ name!
