{"id":885,"date":"2008-12-02T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T12:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/ecclesiastes_5_-_fear_god_the_vanity_of_wealth.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:46","slug":"ecclesiastes_5_-_fear_god_the_vanity_of_wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/ecclesiastes_5_-_fear_god_the_vanity_of_wealth.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesiastes 5 – Fear God, the Vanity of Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words. <\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow, there’s a lot of wisdom in this one paragraph. Where was this years ago when I was swept away in big dreams and the proclamation of doing big things for God. Of course, it was right here, but I was too busy dreaming and proclaiming to listen to it. Ah, irony. Solomon cautions us about speaking rashly – “God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.<\/em>” Wisdom comes with age and experience, and a fair amount of pain as you do things you’ll later regret.
\nI see this at work in others as they speak and proclaim and fail to hear God. To those around them, it’s clear, but they are too busy dreaming to hear. It breaks my heart sometimes. How do you break through to those who “do not know that they are doing evil”?
\nEcclesiastes 5:4-7 – Wow. Seriously, wow. I need to do a family devo on this section. Some really good stuff to learn. I remember being taught that disciples dream big, plan big and do great things for God. To do anything less is to dishonor Him. Solomon would disagree – “For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.<\/em>”
\nEcclesiastes 5:13-14 – “There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture.<\/em>” How appropriate for today as the wealthy scratch for more and to prevent from loosing their riches while their folly trickles down and hurts those who had no part in it.
\nEcclesiastes 5:18-20 – So work and find enjoyment in it. Why? Because it is your lot, God has made you for this. It’s a gift of God. Then, you “will not much remember the days of [your] life because God keeps [you] occupied with joy in [your] heart.”
\nLife is not about chasing big dreams, making big plans and accomplishing great things. God has given us a small place to fill, we are to work to fill it. And in this is the Joy that eludes so many, including me, far too often.
\nI needed to hear this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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