Saturday, May 29, 2010
Vanity of Vanities! Part 2
Vanity of Vanities! that which life is! this is found in the book of Ecclesiastes probably written by Solomon although it isn't explicitly stated!
What's so interesting about this, is that if any of you have heard me evangelise spontaneously, one way that i commonly use, is something i derived from meditation on life. that as you really think about it, life (without God) is absolutely meaningless!
i used to say that i strongly believe everyone would eventually hit the age, where you realise life is entirely futile. where you either realise that you have no reason for slogging your guts out, or in the case of Ecclesiastes, you realise that the toiling all your life amounts to nothing, that life in itself, is futile, is "Vanity of Vanities"!
All these years i have evangelised to many people with the notion that life will be meaningless without God, who knew that this was entirely biblical! Recently, listening to a radio channel in the car,i came across this rather meaningful quote. it was in chinese(i know right?) for all you chinese illiterates out there, im gonna translate it. hahaha. yes:
"There can only be one thing worse than running out of money while your still alive,
not spending your money by the time your dead."
Okay, it was quite funny in chinese. ha. But this thought actually IS in the book of ecclesiastes! But its true isnt it? what exactly do you live all your life for, when man, like every beast in the world, would eventualy just die? this book may be rather confusing and stuff. but it is a wonderful book filled with insights about life.
And indeed you will realise that life really is meaningless without God, and the book ends of with a call for man, to fear God and obey His commands, and find meaning in life in Christ alone. Indeed, until man realise that our purpose in life is to have a relationship with the most High God, we will live our lives like "headless-flies"! Is that not a very sad sight, that all our friends around us are living absolutely meaningless lives? and what are we doing about it?
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came at9:45 PM
