“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself
is served by the field.” -Ecclesiastes 5:9
Regardless of race, creed,
economic status, or location. We all
depend on the earth’s production for sustenance. In modern times, people are removed
from the field and farming, and thereby condition to think that the product
just arrives on the shelf. This of
course is not true. It had to be grown somewhere, at some point. It all comes from the earth. Everything we have comes from God.
We depend on the profit of the
earth, and it is for all. The poor can
partake as well as the rich. The wheat that makes the bread which is served in
the White House is grown in the same ground as the wheat that makes bread
served in prisons. We are all
universally dependent on the profit of the earth. God designed it that way. In
one part, I believe, so that we could sustain ourselves should our own devices
of comfort fail us (i.e. if grocery stores cease to exist, we can still grow
our own food). Also, as a teaching agent
to depend on Him. More than that, he
instituted universal principles in the nature realm to remind all creation that
we are indeed dependent on Him, and “not sufficient
of ourselves to think anything of ourselves.” Creation is a testimony to
the goodness of God, and an example of the identity of God. He loved us, and he built for us a beautiful world
to live in. A world that is good. It amazes me that as much as we pollute the
sea, the sea continues to provide. As much as we strip the land, the land still
provides. When you think about it, can anyone in human history claim genuine
invention? You would not have Edison’s
light bulb without sand. You would not have Henry Ford’s car without trees and
iron. You would not have Bill Gate’s PC
without aluminum and copper. You cannot
have grocery’s delivered to your door through Amazon if there is no electricity,
cars, personal computers, and food. All we
have comes from the earth, and everything we have, everything we know, comes
from God. The highest estate of man is
ultimately dependent upon the creation of God.
A creation that was spoken into existence in six days’ time. A creation
that we still don’t full understand. All of this, freely given to us, along
with and for our temporal existence. And this is all just temporary. A
habitation for our natural bodies, and a proving ground for our spiritual
bodies. If God, freely gave so much for something that is so limited. How much more is waiting for us in heaven?
How much greater a reception in his own kingdom? How much grandeur the life to
come? Furthermore, if God designed this earth to provide for all; does it not
follow that he would do the same for his glorious plan of salvation? A salvation
that he gave His Son for? Christ said “whosoever will let him come and take of the
water of life freely.” The profit of
the earth is for all. The cool mountain stream will quench the thirst of any
man that comes to drink, and so will Jesus fill those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. If the profit of the earth is for all, then surely
salvation through sanctification is for all.
Jesus died so that we could be
saved, all of saved from all sin, both sins committed and the cause that drives
us to commit them. God created this
earth for all, he gave His own Son as salvation for all; all we must do is meet
the condition.
