# 9 2024 Dev. Ecclesiastes 5:10. What Is Wealth? Read all of chapter five first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with. This is God’s story. Do you believe that this may also be part of our story, in our time? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ecc. 5:10 “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.”
Ecc. 5. Ecclesiastes is a difficult book and there are different ways to deal with it. One way is to look at the plain meaning of the text. Often the material is a foil to what is good and to what is meaningful. The “teacher” tells us to “Fulfill Your Vow to God” and that “Riches Are Meaningless.”
Vs.1-7 “Guard your steps when you go to the house of the God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know what they do wrong.” This is the introductory statement for worship. In the Old Testament people made sacrifices and they made vows.
What do we do today? Do we make sacrifices and vows? Yes, we do, we support our churches, we support mission, we support special project of assistance around our cities. What the teacher is saying at his time applies to us in our time: We worship to experience God, which means to quiet our minds and our voices, clear our thinking of this world and of ourselves. Draw close to learn, to know God and to worship Him internally and externally on a daily basis. Keep your commitment to the church, to the ministries you have decided to support, “do not delay to fulfill” them.” Worship is not entertainment, it is not about us, it revolves around God and not around the world.
Vs. 8-20. In a godless society people are “oppressed and justice and rights are denied.” Whoever “loves money never has enough;” Whoever you are or what you believe, love of wealth is an idol! Has there ever been a time when we’ve not had an idol in our lives? I think not and you know! It is as the teacher says: it is “a grievous evil under the sun.”
We are born with nothing and leave this world with nothing, God is the one who blesses many people with wealth but how wealth is used determines a person’s happiness, a peaceful life and a meaningful life.
Irrespective. of your income this is where worship and possessions intersect. All of life is worship, how we make our wealth, how we spend our wealth has everything to do with how we worship. You want a happy life? Worship God with your life and with your possessions!
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