The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. —Ecclesiastes 10:12 We probably all know foolish people who use many words. I know a few wise people who use many words and are discerning and articulate. Using many words is not necessarily an indicator of one’s … More Using many words is not necessarily an indicator of one’s wisdom.
Joe Guglielmo, commented on this passage in our reading for today, Ecclesiastes 9:13-16 Back in 1925 the Italian Freighter, Ignazio Florio, was sinking in the Atlantic Ocean. To the rescue came the United States Liner, President Harding. But the sea was too rough and the ship was in such distress that they could not get … More The truth will never be extinguished or completely forgotten!
Ecclesiastes 8:12, in our Bible reading passage for today, reminds us: Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. Carrollton, Kentucky, was the site of one of the most deadly bus disasters in United … More I know that it will be well with those who fear God
Ecclesiastes 7:21 Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. (This is one verse in our reading for today in Ecclesiastes 7:15-29) David Guzik writes this: Do not take to heart everything people say… even you have cursed others: Wisely, the Preacher knew that we … More Sometimes overlook
Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? We don’t think of God making things crooked. Instead, we usually think of it being a mistake. But God doesn’t make mistakes. And God is sovereign. And the Bible tells us that He makes some paths crooked. When we … More The designer of crooked paths
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; … More Enjoy the Giver, not just His gifts
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or … More Satisfaction of the Rich and Famous?
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm … More A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Solomon now turns from a beautiful section (Ecclesiastes 3:9-15) about God making everything beautiful in its time, taking pleasure in God’s gifts to us, thanking and fearing our sovereign God… to the section which is our focus for today, verses 16-22. Solomon’s brief interlude into a vertical perspective quickly ends and he turns his attention back to … More Don’t forget the vertical perspective
This also, I saw, is from the hand of God; for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? (Ecclesiastes 2:24b-25, verses 17-26 in our reading plan today) Ray Stedman comments, in a message, “Life in the Fast Lane” That is his second declaration, and that is the true message of this … More Enjoyment is a gift of God.
