Aug 6

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV84)
13Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.

After many ramblings and interesting thoughts penned by Solomon, he ends with a resounding verse that has echoed through the ages. This is the conclusion of all of life for the people of the earth. Fear God and keep his commandments!

My life's composition is so much more that what I do everyday, how much I earn, how I supply my family's needs, how much fun and enjoyment I have and the rest I get at night. It is a direct and second by second communing with the Creator of the Universe that CANNOT be compartmentalized to Sundays, Wednesdays or any other day in which there is "spiritual" activity. Fearing God is a moment by moment way of life that leaves Him out of nothing, but more than takes Him into account, it reckons Him our entire account for life! It is easy for all of us to segment our lives into spiritual and non spiritual, areas God has access to and areas that either I don't need Him involved with or areas I don't want Him involved in.

David Crowder has a great song that we should listen to - Wholly Yours. It's chorus talks about God's holiness. He ends the song with this refrain:

So here I am, all of me
Finally everything
Wholly, wholly, wholly
I am wholly, wholly, wholly
I am wholly, wholly, wholly Yours

May that be our life refrain.