Looking Back

Psalms 90:17 (KJV) And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

(Proverbs 18 also read)

I think most of us could repeat this prayer of Moses.  We all hope that when we come to the end of our time, we will be able to look back and see that all of the blood, sweat and tears that we put into life has been rewarded.

There are many areas of life that I have questions about.  I often wonder why my life didn’t follow one path and instead went another way.  I will have questions with God about that, if it’s still a concern in eternity.  I am content to know that God has taken the path that I followed and used it for His glory.  I can see ways in which it really was the best way.

I can look back on my children and remember all the times that I wondered how come I didn’t know what I was doing.  The glory is that God knew what I was doing and that He knew that I was doing my best.  As a result of that, I can look at the work of my hands in that area and be satisfied.

So?  Put your hands to the plow and your shoulder to the wheel, or is it the other way around?  Either way, I believe that God will take our limited abilities and confusing efforts and sanctify them for his glory.