Saturday, 18 April 2026

Ecclesiastes 5 (résumé): Stand in awe of God!

 Solomon exhorts reverence in God's house in Ecclesiastes 5: "Guard your steps when you go to the house of the Lord listening to God rather than speaking". He also exhorts caution with vows making sure you fulfill your vows. He says that much dreaming and many words are meaningless. "Therefore stand in awe before God". Then Solomon goes on to discuss love for money saying: "Whoever loves money never has money enough"! Rich people are never satisfied and it all adds up to a meaningless life. He says that a labourer sleeps well whereas a rich man has plenty of insomnia. For hoarded wealth harms its owner! "Naked a man is born and as he comes he departs!" Thus he says that the important thing in life is to find satisfaction in your work which is a gift of God.

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