“For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!” – Ecclesiastes 2:16
Ecclesiastes teaches that we must look at death to learn how to live.
There is nothing proud about a corpse. At times, I found it pitiful the way the Egyptian kings were buried in great tombs with their treasures, hidden within tremendous, golden-peaked pyramids. I found it pitiful, because these are all the trappings of a rotting corpse. They are vain attempts to dodge death’s sting and hold on to kingdoms that have already slipped through cold fingers.
One king did not have his body embalmed, nor did he request a tomb of treasures. He submitted himself to death’s greatest assault. And then, rising from the grave, he conquered death. Of all the kings of the earth, only Jesus Christ could say, “Oh death, where is your sting?”
This world is full of vanity. Death comes, and that is the guarantee. Count on being forgotten. Do not live with great ambition for your name on this earth; it will not last. Even the earth is dying.
With that in mind, do I love God, or do I love money? Because too often do I dream of the next acquisition, and when I die, my vain treasures will burn.
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