RUN WITH UNDERSTANDING

MAY 20TH 

Text: Ecclesiastes 9:11 King James Version (KJV)

11.     I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

 Life is full of opportunities but all that some people see is difficulties and impossibilities. From the concluding statement of our text for today, it is obvious that everyone of us have been given equal opportunity, but our problem is our inability to be sensitive enough to recognize and maximize such opportunities.

Most of the time we focus on certain factors, like the degree we have acquired, the people we know, our ethnic advantages or disadvantages and other such excuses as the reason for not accomplishing destiny. We seem to forget that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. It is not whatever you have acquired, it is your sensitivity to divine timing that matters and when it comes to this then everybody has equal opportunity. That is why it says “but time and chance happens to them all.”

  Every one of us have been given 24 hours each day, seven days a week, but what you do with it will determine where you will find yourself. Opportunities would always pass by, but it is the person who is sensitive enough to recognize it and bold enough to seize it by acting right, that is able to stand out.

We do not need a crowd to make a difference and change our world. Jesus once had a crowd following him but he took time to distinguish those he needed for his assignment from the crowd. All he needed was just twelve and they were the ones he called. To succeed in life we must distinguish the necessary individuals we need from the crowd.

We have so many great opportunities but if we must excel we must run with understanding. May you find the understanding to dwell on high in Jesus name. Amen.