So I am chilling here listening to some of the music of my people and reading my devo and both have the same concept... Yeshu mathram mathi.... Jesus is all that is needed... (Background Music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9npzbH4Qo7A (Background Scripture) Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 New International Version (NIV) 13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: 14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. 17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Matthew 19:24 New International Version (NIV) 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Solomon tried all things and found them to be vanity. He found his searches after knowledge as weariness, not only to the body but to the mind. The more he saw of the works done under the sun, the more he saw their vanity, and the sight often upset his spirit. He could neither gain the satisfaction for himself, nor do the good to others that he expected. Even the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom showed man's wickedness and misery, so that the more he knew, the more he saw cause to lament and mourn. Let us learn to hate and fear sin, the cause of all this vanity and misery; to value Christ; to seek rest in the knowledge, love, and service of the Savior.
All was vanity and vexation of spirit:and the same things would yield the same result to us as to Solomon. Having food and clothing, let us be content. His wisdom remained with him, a strong understanding with great human knowledge. But every earthly pleasure, when unconnected with better blessings, leaves the mind as eager and unsatisfied as before. Happiness arises not from the situation in which we are placed. Only through Jesus Christ can we reach that final blessedness. ^From Olive Tree One Year Daily Devotional Adapted from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary^ Does this mean we should not be rich? No. If ones focus is greater than their focus on God they are like the rich man in the camel-needle situation. However, when ones focus/goals in life are God then, God will pull them through. All the knowledge in the world falls when compared to that of what God knows. All the wisdom a person needs is in God...I mean for real... The original teacher=God, original engineer=God, original connect group leader=God...He has been there and done that since the dawn of time. If your focus is on God the rest of the things of this world (fame/fortune/family) will follow. Nee mathram mathi, nee mathram mathi, nee mathram mathi enik-u... You are more than enough, You are more than enough, You are more than enough for me...
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