PrayerBits
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Tuesday
Scripture lesson: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 Vanity of vanities
Time to reflect: The Hebrew word underlying “vanity” is a wisp of smoke, totally unsubstantial. Ecclesiastes is full of harsh, discouraging words about life. Many discouraged people actually find it comforting because they can relate to these words: “Yeah, I know what you mean.” Ecclesiastes, however, needs to be coupled with the Good News of Jesus Christ. It is not wisdom or anything else “under the sun” that saves us or makes like worthwhile, but rather the salvation afforded by Christ. This salvation, then, makes life worth living and our toils of value.
Moving through the day: Meditate on the difference of living a life that ends in the grave and a life that is leading toward the general resurrection.
2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."
12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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