The wisest king, short of the One who is to come that is, set out to show us how useless is our effort without God. Vanity, foolishness, absurdity, the king said, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing. (Ecc 1:8)
Reading the first chapter of Ecclesiastes could very well bring one into a funk or depression. Why bother attempting anything at all? Of course, the key is that Solomon is speaking of labor or effort without God in us. Going it alone, doing for selfishness, laboring for the good of me, and other self-centered efforts are indeed doomed to fail. Without God we cannot hope to be saved, for who among us is strong enough to lift the self up to Heaven? Who is smart enough to calculate a way to the throne of God?
We need God's way, His truth, and... ya know, I do believe we know who that is! Jesus indeed died on the cross to save us from the penalty of sin. God's Son gave us Himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We need search no further or plot to pave our own way with the ashes of our failed deeds. Jesus lives, and in Christ we live too.
Have a great weekend!Bucky
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