“‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher. ‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’” Ecclesiastes 1:2
My mom’s dearest friend from High School is celebrating her 90th Birthday today. Which happens to be my birthday too! Since my mom is busy doing other things in Heaven, I am planning to attend the celebration. I rented a hotel room in Orlando a day early and started a fun weekend. Yesterday, as I sat beside a lake, I overheard a worker talking about life! He was prophetic!
He was telling a fellow worker about how his life USED to be. “Man… I had clothes and shoes and WHEW! I was fancy!” As he stood there sweating while trimming bushes, I felt God move, so I followed. Popping out from behind the bush I enthusiastically said, “YOU sir, are a WISE MAN!” Looking dumbfounded, I told him that he had just PERFECTLY summed up life! He was perplexed!
I asked him if he knew what the wisest and richest man ever to live on earth had said? With “Huh?” was his reply, I told him about Solomon’s summation of life as “MEANINGLESS!” This seemed to depress him even more, so I added the cure. “Do you know what the ONLY thing that matters in life happens to be? To Love God and follow His directions in the Bible.” A twinkle came to his eye.
This morning, while Katie slept, I went and got a cup of coffee, sat out by the pool, then opened my Bible. But before I even had a chance to read 1 word, I sensed the Holy Spirit of God say, “Good Morning son! And Happy Birthday!” Smiling, we went on to spend some beautiful time together. I was glad no one else was out there because I felt like I was beaming! God… I love Him!
Meaningless? Without God in my life… it would be! But with Him, there is not a thing in this world that I need. Not only did I get to spend meaningful time with Him, I also got a sermon out of it! I’ll share it with the folks on Sunday… because that is HIS purpose and meaning for MY life!
Is YOUR life meaningless… or is it filled with Him?
