So many good places to pause and ponder. For me chapter 5 was rich with wisdom from the Lord. It was verse 10 that drew me to write my ponderings.
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
Money and riches can be an absorbing bedfellow. The more you have, the more you want. Paul writes in the NT, For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs (1Timothy 6:10). This seems to repeat what the writer of Ecclesiastes is saying.
When money become our aim, it swallows us… we are never satisfied with what we have and this can easily lead to all kinds of evil.
How many news headlines boil down to a desire for more money? When prosecuting a case, the DA looks for motive and money is a most common motive!
The antidote I suspect is contentment, being content with what we have. As Paul says a few sentences before his love of money quote: But godliness with contentment is great gain (1Timothy 6:6).
So if you or I want to avoid love of money troubles… seeking contentment is our best corrective…
Lord, I pray for contentment and seeing the blessing in what You have provided rather than routinely seeking more, more, more… I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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