On This Journey

All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
  -- Ecclesiastes 1:8

By this time in life most of us have seen a great many things. It would be bad news for the tourism, movie, and social media industries if our eyes were satisfied with seeing. Those touring artists putting on the big concerts would have to take up something else for a living if our ears were filled with hearing just one concert. And yet there is a compulsion we may not like in the struggle to see or hear that next thing. How many hours will a person have to work to earn enough to purchase the next ticket to the show? That sounds like a thing full of labor.

We read what Solomon wrote just a bit less than 3,000 years ago and have to wonder just how far the human race has progressed. We labor to feed ourselves and to go to the show on Saturday night, much like they did in Solomon's time. We just celebrated a season of something entirely new though. This new man didn't look like much according to the prophet Isaiah, but he certainly went on about hearing and he who has ears to hear. And seeing? He put on quite a show of miracles, didn't he? Imagine being there to see Lazarus stumble from the tomb all tied up in his grave clothes.

On this journey, there is much to see with the eyes that believe in Jesus, and plenty to hear from His word!

Bucky