#311 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up Part 3

Ecclesiastes 8:1-7

”There’s nothing better than being wise, Knowing how to interpret the meaning of life. Wisdom puts light in the eyes, And gives gentleness to words and manners. Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. Don’t worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. You’re serving his pleasure, not yours. The king has the last word. Who dares say to him, “What are you doing?” Carrying out orders won’t hurt you a bit; the wise person obeys promptly and accurately. Yes, there’s a right time and way for everything, even though, unfortunately, we miss it for the most part. It’s true that no one knows what’s going to happen, or when. Who’s around to tell us? 

King Solomon, the wisest man to ever live understood that the Lord God, our King is far more wise than he is. We are foolish to question the Lord’s instruction or to delay in obedience to His command. If we are with the Lord, if we have given our lives and our rights to ourself to the Lord, our job and His expectation of us is quick and full obedience. Just because we don’t understand doesn’t give us the right to not follow through. How many of us have had children or young employees that don’t need to understand the full reason behind our instruction, they just need to do it. That’s our position with the Lord. Yes, we can discuss matters with Him in prayer. But a lack of understanding on our part does not give us a free pass to disobey or delay. Just like the child or the young employee, we will find out if and when the Lord sees fit to reveal the reason behind the instruction. We may never know, but we are duty bound to obey. And thankfully, we absolutely do know that we can trust Him.