Much Efforts vs. Many Words

[S] Ecclesiastes 5:3 --
3  For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

[O] Having dreams to live for is just a beginning because living towards that requires much effort.  It's so easy to just talk about the dreams in life but to walk the talk, is totally a different story all together.  In fact this verse talks about how fools talk but not walk to talk just like someone once said:  When all things are said and done, more things are said than done.  The fruit of a wise person is actions that brings closer to one's own dreams which God placed in their hearts.  The fruit of a fool is being stationary with one's life while simply talking about a lot of things one can do.

[A] Don't be a fool by talking about it, but be the doer of my own words to pursue my dreams for God.

[P] Dear Father, may I be the one putting things into action for the dream You've put in my heart.  May I not be full of words without action.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Doing vs. Judging

[S] James 4:11 --
 ¹¹Do not speak against one another, brethren He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

[O] Doing the law means obeying it without complaints or any preconceived ideas.  Even though both doing and judging are action verbs doing involves mobilizing my physical body while judging is really just a state of mind.  It is so easy to judge because it can all take place inside my head while putting what I learned into action is much more difficult to carry out because it must leave my mind's virtual world into the reality.  In fact, the beginning part of this passage implies that judging damages brotherly love by speaking against one another where as obeying the law by doing (without making a fuss about it) springs for the humility before God.

[A] Obedience of God's law must happen before my mind engages into any judgments of others.  But because I have to interact with others by nature of ministry, this is very difficult to "do."  I need to obey (put things into action) more than thinking (by making judgments).

[P] Dear Father, despite the trainings I've received to process things in my mind before putting into action, Your principles spoken through James seems more like put things into action according to Your law first without processing a whole lot.  I want to deposit more of your law into my heart so I may put more of these into action to be known as the "doer" of your law.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.