Ecclesiastes 3 - "Good To Be Alive"

The Lord woke me up at 4AM to pray.  When I asked Him who for, His reply was "Yourself."  Now that was strange because usually He has me pray for others.   He revealed some things to me that I didn't even realize needed prayer.  Then when I woke up at 7 I was singing Jason Gray's, "Good To Be Alive" and immediately started praising the Lord for the blessings He gives me every day.  

The lyrics to this song say exactly how I feel...  

"Is this really the life I'm living?; Cause I don't feel like I deserve it..."  Praise the Lord for blessing me the way He does!  

"If the life that we've been given; Is made beautiful in the living; And the joy that we get brings joy to the heart of the giver; Then right here, right now; This is the song I'm singing out..."  I pray I do make my life beautiful in the Lord's Eyes and that the joy I feel also brings Him joy.  

"I won’t take it for granted; I won’t waste another second; All I want is to give you; A life well lived, to say 'thank you'..."  My prayer is that I don't take anything for granted that He blesses me with.  I pray He will see an attitude of gratefulness for all He gives me.

I am reminded of Ecclesiastes 3...

A Time for Everything

3 There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

²     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
³     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
⁸     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

⁹ What do workers gain from their toil? ¹⁰ I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. ¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. ¹³ That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

I am enjoying the season the Lord has me in.  I can truly say I "...find satisfaction in.." what I do.  And I totally agree it is a gift from God.  It thrills my soul to be living for Him.  It also thrills my soul that He gave me a second chance so that I could have this experience with Him.  Woo hoo!  

Dear Jesus,

Thank You for blessing me in some mighty ways.  Thank You for allowing me to come back to You.  I praise Your Holy Name for Your Love that lavishes me in great ways.  Father, I ask that You continue to keep my eyes focused on eternity.  Sometimes on this earth people and things can distract us but Father, I pray for total focus.  I praise You, Lord, for this season You have me in.  You are so awesome!  Lord, I pray for opportunities to be You today.  I ask that You keep my spirit in tune with You so that I don't miss any of that opportunities.  Amen.