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[cimi]

October 28
Tuesday


WORKING FOR
THE WIND

READ:
Ecclesiastes 5:10-17
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Howard Levitt lost his $200,000 Ferrari on a flooded Toronto highway. He had driven into what seemed like a puddle before realizing that the water was much deeper and rising quickly. When the water reached the Ferrari's fenders, its 450-horsepower engine seized. Thankfully he was able to escape the car and get to high ground.

Howard's soggy sports car reminds me of Solomon's observation that "riches perish through misfortune" (Eccl. 5:14). Natural disasters, theft, and accidents may claim our dearest belongings. Even if we manage to protect them, we certainly can't haul them with us to heaven (v.15). Solomon asked, "What profit has he who has labored for the wind?" (v.16). There is futility in working only to acquire belongings that will ultimately disappear.

There is something that doesn't spoil and we can "take with us." It is possible to store up eternal heavenly treasure. Pursuing virtues such as generosity (Mat. 19:21), humility (5:3), and spiritual endurance (Luke 6:22-23) will yield lasting rewards that can't be destroyed. Will the kind of treasure you seek expire on earth? Or, are you seeking "those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God"? (Col. 3:1). __Jennifer Benson Schuldt

`````````````````Dear God, please give me a passion for the```````````````````
``````````````````unseen eternal rewards that You offer.``````````````````````
``````````````````Make me indifferent to the temporary``````````````````````
````````````````````````pleasures of this world.````````````````````````````
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Treasures on earth can't compare with
the treasures in heaven.

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Ecclesiastes 5:10-17********************************

10 He who loves silver
will not be satisfied with
silver; nor he who loves
abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.

11 When goods increase,
they increase who eat them;
so what profit have the
owners except to see them
with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring
man is sweet, whether he
eats little or much; but the
abundance of the rich will
not permit him to sleep.

13 There is a severe evil
which I have seen under the
sun: riches kept for their
owner to his hurt.

14 But those riches perish
through misfortune; when
he begets a son, there is
nothing in his hand.

15 As he came from his
mother's womb, naked shall
he return, to go as he came;
and he shall take nothing
from his labor which he
may carry away in his hand.

16 and this also is a severe
evil__just exactly as he
came, so shall he go. And
what profit has he who has
labored for the wind?

17 All his days he also eats
in darkness, and he has
much sorrow and sickness
and anger.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The book of Ecclesiastes is often viewed with skepticism, and
its message is considered dark and hopeless. Today's passage
exemplifies much of the book__the emptiness of riches and the
transitory nature of things of this earth. But as with many great
stories, this book saves the best for last. after all the reflections and
lessons learned, the writer's final conclusion is to "fear God and
keep His commandments, for this is man's all" (12-13). The things
of God are what truly matter.

[Christianity Oasis]

Your devotion to sharing devotions is AWESOME !!!

You have no idea how many you reach.


Luv ya sister

[cimi]

Thanks C.O. Than means a lot to me. And thank you for giving me an opportunity to serve the Lord and His "peculiar people." :-}