Ecclesiastes 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.
I am one who tends to ponder on the things of life frequently.
I am in almost a constant state of meditating on the things of God and comparing them to what I see in the world.
This helps me to put things into perspective. And it helps me to see and hear God more clearly.
As I get older and I experience more of the things of God, and He gives me understanding about the depths of the depravity of the world, the easier it is for me to understand what Solomon was referring to when he spoke of so much vanity in life.
There are so many things that we think are important. We spend countless hours of our life fretting or worrying about them.
These things are vastly different for some of us, but most of them are not unique at all and are shared by millions upon millions of us.
It’s normal for us to be concerned with things that impact our lives. We are, after all, flesh and bone; subject to the emotions that come with changes and the ups-and-downs of this earthly life we live.
It is not OK, though, to allow our emotions to chip away at our faith and cause us to succumb to doubts and fears, eroding our trust in God who created and breathed life into us.
Sometimes we need to step back and look at things “from a 40,000-foot view”, to give us a better perspective and help us look from the outside, where it’s not as easy to get emotionally influenced.
This allows us to hear God better and let Him show us His way; His answers to our problems.
Our vanity and our need to have full control will begin to fall by the wayside when we hand the reins over to God and we begin following His lead instead of fighting Him every step of the way, wrestling to maintain our death grip on every aspect of our lives.
Trust Him today with your situation. Hand your cares and concerns over to Him.
It’s not always easy to do, but once we start, and we begin to see the results of trusting Him, we will never want to go back to trying to control everything in our lives ever again.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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