It’s no secret
that in the word, futility,
Lies the clear
presence of the word, utility.
Yet to many,
this fact may be often ignored,
When with
spiritual things they become so bored.
Solomon, who
was the wisest man who has ever lived,
Fell into this
trap, even with all those riches he’d sieved.
To him, all
life was… circuitous vanity,
Endless cycles
of… meaningless insanity.*
Though
meaningless to our eyes, this life may appear,
God’s injected
purpose in life lived without fear.
His purpose is
service to Him, and through Him to our fellow man,
Then preparing
us to meet Jesus, before whom all
men shall stand.**
Here are two
thoughts that magnify and turn the volume up
On vanity and
futility, draining God’s Grace cup.
First is that ole
familiar expression we use, ‘Yeah, but...’
Then overly
pondering God’s one-step tests with, ‘Then
what?!’
You see, ‘Yeah but…’ shows deep-seated fear, not
faith in Him.
Asking ‘Then what?!’ overlooks that one-step
test from Him.
Our ‘Yeah, buts…’ and our ‘Then whats?!’ team up to keep
our lives in a
rut,
Ensuring in
devilish mud, our progress
will always
be stuck!
So if shadows
of vanity seem to darken your days,
And echoes of
futility drown out what God says,
Remember this…
God’s purposes
are achieved through successive generations.
They can’t all be
perceived in some wise man’s pontifications. ***
Just obey and
be content with your assigned part,
Then He’ll
plant purpose for you, deep within
your heart.
Just believe
His Word, and obey His one-step test,
Trusting that,
after one step, He’ll show you the next.
Just taking
that small faith step, yep, just one-at-a-time,
Keeps you in His
purpose, and your life out of a bind.
You will produce fruit for you and
onlookers to enjoy.
With seeds from
your fruit, next generations you will endow.
Where all fools
look at life and say, ‘There is no God!’,
We believers
look at life and are truly awed!
Blinded, they
only see… circuitous futility,
But with eyes ‘wide
shut’, we see God’s… fertile utility.
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* “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity… all is vanity and grasping for the wind. (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 14; 2:17;
12:8)
** And
bow! He designed life on Earth as our testing/proving ground, each of us with a heart/spirit that essentially spews ‘spiritual seeds’ that yield physical results, for which we will be held accountable before Him in the end.*** Especially one who is living a sinful lifestyle, as Solomon did during the latter part of his life.
