Passage of the Day - May 7, 2011

Ecclesiates 6:1-2

 ¹There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men--

 ²a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

What would it be like to be a power player in the world?  What would it be like to international influence?  We would have everything we would want, high income, large wealth, praise from all directions.  We would have the mansion in California, the condo in New York, the winter palace in Aspen, the little place in Milan.  We would have the trophy spouse.  We would have access to the royal treatment to whatever restaurant we wanted to go.  The problem is, we would be working while the person our spouse was cheating on us with would be enjoying all of these wonders.  What good is that?

Riches, even God-given riches, cannot bring happiness if we are unable to enjoy them.

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