Something to think about.
Vanities.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1:2
All of our efforts everything we strive for is a pointless, meaningless exercise without Christ. All of our altruistic pursuits will end up in the empty hole of nothingness.
If this life is all there is, then legacy is meaningless, and accomplishments are temporal at best. If the momentary is all there is, life is pointless without purpose. Without something more than our current existence life is no more than vanity. If vanity is all there is, then all we strive for is in vain. Life is then a pointless cycle of self-gratification, disappointment, self-gratification, disappointment, again and again, and again.
God is the only thing that breaks the cycle of hopelessness and pointlessness. God is the only thing that gives life meaning. God is the answer to vanity.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Vanities.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Cry Out
Have you been there? When life seems to be hopeless when everything is aligned against you when death seems to be the only relief. Have you done like me froze, panicked, grasped at straws and made terrible decisions? Or have you done like David and cried out to the Lord with the confidence and the assured knowledge that God will hear your cry.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Anxious Toil
Something to think about.
Anxious Toil
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Psalms 127 1:2
"Anxious toil" a phrase that sums up some of the expended efforts of my life. If God is not in your efforts what does it matter if you accomplish the task or goal? Whatever your endeavor, if God is not central in its inception and completion it will be for naught. The only accomplishments that will matter and be of present and eternal significance will be those that were fostered, aided and guided by God.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Self Destruction
Something to think about.
Self Destruction
“Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:5 ESV
We as a nation have become this man, we have replaced "in God we trust" with our own rights of self-determination. We have said in our hearts I am the master of my domain. We have turned our hearts away from God and substituted Him with an image of ourselves. We glory in out strength and intellect; we have gloried in our accomplishments. We have placed ourselves before God, and we are cursed.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Futility
Something to think about
Futility
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15:17 ESV
Without the resurrection, we are without hope. For the works of man will never lead to freedom.