To Accept or not to accept , minus the cliche (Ecclesiates 5:19)

To accept is not something I am not conscious of. Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Ecclesiastes 5:19 is a verse I have studied inside and out, but today has new meaning--to accept. "Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God."

To accept I think mean two things. The first was found in Ecclesiates and  the second meaning I have come to find in 1 Chonicles 29:11-12; "...for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all." God has made, reigns, and give strength too all.

To accept means to me: Opening up my heart daily and seeing everything as a gift , and then opening up my hands the moment after and say, "It is all yours Lord." I found a wonderful quote the other day in a book by Linda Dillow it read, " Happiness is getting what we want and contentment is wanting what we get." I asked God to teach me what that means. I think through acceptance we find contentment.


To accept is hard. I do not accept everything I have on this earth because I do not see them as gifts always and take them for granted everyday. I do not accept then my struggles in life, enough to look past them and see a God on his thrown. It is a command to accept, a conscious choice of "wanting what we get."