Weekly Scripture 5-24-2026

Answer:

This comes from Ecclesiastes

___:___Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

*I was talking to a co-worker sometime ago and she asked me why in the world that it seems like another person that we work with seemed so unhappy. She told me that it seemed to her that the employee just kept getting more and more unhappy as time went on, and that she understood that the employee was not a believer in Christ; but she asked me can't the person find some kind of joy in what they do or something? I smiled because I had read this verse the morning before I talked with her, so I referred her to this verse and others in that chapter and told her, “Now, if you are living just for yourself; whether you are a child of God or an unregenerate sinner...it is going to come to nothing. It will lead to bitterness in your heart.”. I pointed out to a little tree that was below us and I told her, “Those leaves are going to come off of that tree down there when the wind starts to blow strong enough in the winter, and they are already dead leaves right now. Now, you have to understand that is all that woman is holding onto right now, is just dead leaves. If she continues apart from God there will be no purpose or rest in her life; and she will continue to try to serve herself and in the end all she will have in her hands is dead leaves.”. Friend it has to be God that puts a purpose in the things you and I do as a child of God and our purpose is to glorify Him, and we can only do that if we serve Him by the Spirit of God not in vanity, vain repetitions of rituals, or any other empty means.

Weekly Scripture 5-17-2026

Answer: Proverbs 1:29-31

This comes from Proverbs, but where?

__:__-__For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

*This is a pattern for all people who choose not to revere God and listen to His Word and instructions. It is literally spiritual suicide to turn away from God. If you don't believe that it is suicide to turn away from Christ then you just look at the world around you and the people that have turned away. Look at the paths they are on and in a lot of cases you are seeing people eat the fruit of their own way. Look at how cold, calloused, and darkened of heart a person gets when they turn away from God. They begin to embrace all types of sin and call it good, they are lovers of self and the love of many waxes cold. Sounds a lot like their spiritual and moral compasses are spinning like a top, because they would have none of God's counsel and despised His reproof or correction.