The Gift Of God's Approval A daily devotion for February 20th From your friends at RayStedman.org Read: Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do (Ecclesiastes 9:7). Verse 7 is a most remarkable verse, because there is a statement in it of what we call in the New Testament the New Covenant, God's new provision for living. It is clear from the New Testament that God has given us a gift of approval, of righteousness. Because we already have that by faith, we are freed, and no longer do we have to struggle vainly to try to please God; we live in a way that does please Him because we have already been accepted and approved by Him. Notice how clearly that is stated here in verse 7: Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. This is recognition, even in the Old Testament, of a relationship of ...
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