NOTHING IS WORTH DYING FOR

 Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

NOTHING IS WORTH DYING FOR

   

    God has designed life in a such a way that must work before he can eat. Right from the beginning of man's existence, God has not  left him without something to do.

 In Genesis 2:15 the Bible says

 " Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden  to tend and to keep it." 

In other words, man must work; he  must engage his productive life to do something tangible. In our passage today, we are made to see the vanity of what man runs after every now and then (v. 1-2). What we see here is that man may work hard and have his effort crowned with outstanding success but may not eat of it. It is vanity when a man's hard work is enjoyed by a foreigner. This indeed is a reality that has played out every prominently many times.

    Beloved, as Christians, we must undertake all our activities  as God's own children, in a discreet manner; nothing should rub us of our commitment to godliness. The riches of this world are not worth dying for; we must not loose our focus because of the riches of this world. We must never involve in any ungodly act in the name of becoming rich.

 1 Timothy 6:9-10 says

 "But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. " 

Therefore, as you go on in your life pilgrimage, be careful that you do not venture into ungodliness as means of becoming rich. Be satisfied with whatever God gives you and it shall be well with you.

PRAYER: Dear Father in heaven, help me to keep my focus on You always. Amen