Endorsed!
Ecclesiastes 8:15 “So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life…”
Years ago, I was preaching about Jesus, and I was laughing because I was really joyful. At the end of teaching, an older man walked up to me looking very pious and straight.
Enjoy It!
Ecclesiastes 8:15 “And so I heartily recommended that you pursue joy, for the best a person can do under the sun is to enjoy life. Eat, drink, and be happy. If this is your attitude, joy will carry you through the toil every day that God gives you under the sun.” (The Voice)
So far, we have seen that it is the fun factor in family, faith, friendships, fitness, and finance that keeps it going. Today we will be looking at our farm. The farm should be fun.
Fitness & Finance
Hebrews 12:11 “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”
1 Corinthians 9:27 “I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should…”. When you start working out, it may not be fun. But if you keep at it,
Faith, Friendships, & Fitness
Psalm 119:34-35 “Give me an understanding heart so that I can passionately know and obey your truth. Guide me into the paths that please you, for I take delight in all that you say.” (TPT).
We will kick off today’s devotional with a question and the question is, if you do not have to study the Word of God, will you? If you do not have to
Enjoy Him
Psalm 34:5 “Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.”
Fun is a big part of our faith. Fun is the glue that keeps us going in God. Psalm 149:2 “Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.” (NIV).
Family & Faith
Proverbs 17:22 “A joy-filled heart is curative balm, but a broken spirit hurts all the way to the bone. A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones” (The Voice & AMP)
We will kick off today’s devotional with our final thought, and question from yesterday. Married couples, if you do not have to go home, will you go home? The truth is if you cannot
The Binder
Deuteronomy 12:7 “There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the Lord your God has blessed you.”
In the human experience, fun, that is pleasure and enjoyment, is the glue that holds it all together. The glue that holds family, faith, friendships, fitness, finance, and farm together is fun.
Remarkable Things
2 Kings 4:6 “Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the oil stopped flowing.”
Imagine this widow’s story, she came to Elisha “empty” but at the end of the day, she came into prosperity. She must have had fun because the Word of God says
Fun Factor?
Psalm 139:17-18 “How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day your thoughts turn toward me. And when I waken in the morning, you are still thinking of me!” (LB)
It is my prayer that God will continue to breathe upon His Word even as you engage it and change your life. I pray that God will open your eyes to see as you ought to see.
Farm. Sell. Invest.
Genesis 26:12 “Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.” (NIV).
As we can see from the diagram inserted – the farm, the produce you have to sell, and the income you have to invest. You have to farm. You have to sell.
