How much weight are we supposed to put on the things of this world? How much should we care when something goes wrong or we come up short? How do we respond when our dreams don't pan out the way we thought or the plans we constructed for our lives take a dramatic shift?
I know I put too much stock into the earth. At times, I care too much about my financial stability. I care too much about the affirmation of others. I care too much about the work of my hands, as if it was only my hands doing the work.
I'm not too cool to say I've read Ecclesiastes. The only parts I'm familiar with are the "a time for ____ and a time for ____." I didn't know King Solomon wrote it (the wisest of the wise). So I certainly wasn't expecting for the 2nd line of the book to say, "Everything is meaningless!" (NIV) He goes to say that everything under the heavens is meaningless.
Harsh.
I know.
So it got my attention and that's why I'm doing the series. I want to know what Solomon is getting at here. If he's the wisest dude around, surely he was on to something good.
Recently, I've been incredibly humbled and provoked to examine the status of my relationship with God. I've discovered that I am in a bit of a... shift.. for lack of better words. I have been in hot pursuit of a greater depth with Him for a while now. It was not until just recently did I see that what my soul needs to get back to the basics; to pursue WISDOM from Him. Because I'm learning that that wisdom allows for a fresh visual of God's heart. It breathes fresh air on dreams and fears and worries and anxieties and hopes.
And I don't know about you, but I could use a Breath of fresh air.