Fantastic Friday #381 - Might

Might

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
¹¹ I have seen something else under the sun:

The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
    or wealth to the brilliant
    or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.

¹² Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
    that fall unexpectedly upon them. Ecclesiastes 9:10-12

We have all heard someone say that whatever you do, do it with all your might.   God's Word is very powerful and not bad guidance when you read the rest of the passage and not just one simple phrase.  We all have work that we do, and families that we lead, but do we really do them daily with all our might?  The problem lies with running the race, because many think that we have to run swiftly in order to get where we need to be.  When we run swiftly for things we think we should be chasing, some parts of life get missed along the way and the things that should be important to us get left behind.  It is important that since we don't know the hour when our time will come, that we do everything with all of our might.  When we focus our life on the good we have instead of being ensnared by the evil and swiftness so prevalent around us, we will gain wisdom and an understanding heart.  With these things and all our might, we can better perform our jobs, lead our families and not miss things along the way.

Have a great weekend.