“This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.” Ecclesiastes 7:29

Babysitting my youngest grandson Coast, he noticed a baby ‘izerd.’ If you live in Florida you know they are not actually lizards, but anolis. And they are everywhere. Attention grabbed, Coast decided to catch it. It scooted away. As he gave chase, the baby ‘izerd’ got behind a tool. When I moved the tool to make for an easier catch, it fell on and immediately killed the thing. Coast picked it up, and when it didn’t move, he just dropped it. The interest was gone! I know what YOU are thinking!

“Why weren’t you more careful? What kind of example are you setting for your grandson? How could you kill an innocent creature? Poor izerd!” These are common statements because EVERYONE knows that animals, fish and reptiles are just ignorant, innocent creatures caught in a man’s world. An increasingly popular belief would even raise creatures ABOVE men…since ‘mankind’ is the cause of so much trouble on this planet!

The death of someone, especially a child, to an accident will often produce a similar response. “Poor _______ (fill in the name).” Pity for a creature or another person just comes natural. We have a natural tendency to mourn. BUT… do we ever mourn for ourselves?

Ecclesiastes is a book of wisdom, written by the wisest man who ever lived, over 3000 years ago. Yet its message STILL continues to be ignored. It clearly states that ‘Man’ is NOT a poor, innocent creature! That includes YOU. And while it is easier to feel sorrow for someone else, do YOU ever feel sorry for YOUR life’s situation?

Have you ever reached the point in your life where you realize that there is NOTHING poor or innocent about YOU? According to The Word of God, YOU are GUILTY and YOU will have to face up to it. Solomon says YOUR death is certain and YOUR life and schemes, to get what YOU want, will be weighed against God’s perfect standard. Did you ever stop to think that an ‘izerd’ may actually have it better than YOU. It will never have to face that kind of justice.

God knows all about you and He wants to set you free from yourself… AND your scheming choices. But to take advantage of His offer, you must die to yourself and let HIM live through You! If you don’t see that as the best and only blessed solution to your life, then that is proof that you are NOT just a poor, innocent creature! Those are just the cold hard facts. And if ‘yer squirming… God is still interested in YOU!

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