Ecclesiastes 1:1 (NKJV) 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
So many of us work very hard. We spend hours and hours each day in our respective careers or jobs.
We buy new homes, new cars, new this or that. It can become a never-ending cycle that we seem to get sucked into, with no end in sight.
Case in point: Televisions used to be a luxury. If a family bought a TV, they would buy something modest, that they could afford and they would keep it until it no longer worked.
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for people to buy a TV that’s very large and then add a home theater sound system to it, to emulate being in the movie theater. When everything is said and done, these setups can cost many, many hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.
And sadly, many people buy these types of setups on credit because they can’t afford to pay cash for them. And they pay on them for many, many months before they actually own them. And by then, the TV is now outdated and the cycle goes on and on.
This is just one example of how far off track the world has gotten and how vanity has swept so many off their feet and sucked them into a cycle of working and spending.
And when everything is said and done, the things that we chase, the money that we work our lives away for, is worth nothing when compared to eternity.
Yes, we need to work! And yes, having a TV, a nice car or some other item is OK. But when we get caught up in always having to buy the latest and greatest of everything, then we are chasing after the wind.
We can work our lives away to obtain stuff, and yet when our lives are over, that stuff won’t matter a single bit.
It’s how we handled our relationship with God and what we do for others that matters in the long run.
I will admit that this message didn’t take on the direction that I thought it would when I sat down to write it. But maybe it’s what we all need to hear in order to see some things.
Let’s not be a people of vanity, grasping at things and chasing after the wind.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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