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\u201cSatisfying or Not Satisfying\u201d \u2013 Ecclesiastes 5:10-20<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Introduction:\u00a0Three men with the \u201cmost toys\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You have probably heard that life-motto \u201cHe who dies with the most toys wins.\u201d Let me tell you stories of three men with that \u201cmost toys\u201d attitude.<\/p>\n

The first man, Jack, served valiantly in World War II. When he returned home, he became a business man. He adopted that \u201cmost toys\u201d slogan to the point where if someone else in town had a bigger car than he did, he would head down to the dealer, and get a newer and better one. It all ended quite sadly. One day, he left the ignition on while opening the trunk and the car slipped from park to reverse and his life was over. The very possession that characterized his life took his life.<\/p>\n

The second man just completed the harvest of his crops, and it was a bumper crop\u2026 so much so that he didn\u2019t have anywhere to store it all. This man didn\u2019t give thanks to God \u2013 as we did last Sunday \u2013 but he determined to build bigger barns and bins to store all of his grain and stuff. He said to himself, \u201cSelf, you\u2019ve got it made! This wealth will last for years\u2026 eat, drink, and be merry!\u201d But like WWII Jack, this fictional man in a story that Jesus told, died that very night.<\/p>\n

The third man was the man we heard about in the Gospel reading last Sunday, whose story was concluded in today\u2019s Gospel reading. He was a rich man who claimed he had kept all the love-your-neighbour Commandments since he was just a kid. Jesus looked at him and loved him and realized that he loved his money more than God. He said, \u201cGive to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then follow me.\u201d But the rich man couldn\u2019t\/wouldn\u2019t part with his toys, and that\u2019s why in today\u2019s Gospel reading Jesus said, \u201cIt is difficult for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to explain Jesus\u2019 words and comments about the rich man any more because I will deal with the similar subject matter addressed in our Old Testament reading from Ecclesiastes 5.<\/p>\n

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1. Ecclesiastes: the problem with money<\/h4>\n

a. Vanity\/breath<\/h5>\n

The theme of the Bible Book of Ecclesiastes could be summarized with the three-word saying, \u201cAll is vanity.\u201d Chapter 5, which we heard from today, could be summarized with the four-word saying, \u201cThe vanity of wealth.\u201d The first verse we read hits the nail on the head, \u201cHe who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income \u2013 this is vanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, vanity generally refers to arrogance, pride, self-love, conceit. Vanity can be pictured as someone looking \u2013 well just above the vanity in the bathroom to the mirror\u2026 looking, admiring, making sure that every aspect of his or her appearance is perfect, and marveling when it is. It\u2019s kind of like Fonz in the old Happy Days TV show. He would look in the mirror to comb his hair, but realize it was already perfect \u2013 no combing necessary!! That\u2019s vanity!<\/p>\n

The Hebrew word for vanity \u2013 which appears some 35 times in the Book of Ecclesiastes \u2013 is a rich term, and can mean \u2018breath\u2019 which indicates how fleeting and insignificant it is. That\u2019s why the theme of the Book is that earthly things have no real meaning apart from God. In this chapter, wealth is not just apart from God, but is loved instead of God, and therefore is not truly satisfying. All is vanity, wealth is vanity\u2026 just a breath.<\/p>\n

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b. Love of money = idolatry<\/h5>\n

That really tells us something else. \u201cHe who loves money will not be satisfied with it\u201d because that gold and silver and money has been exchanged for God as the object of one\u2019s love and devotion and worship. This is nothing less than idolatry, and it leads one away from God, away from faith.<\/p>\n

Now just to be clear here, money isn\u2019t evil in and of itself. One of the most misquoted verses in the Bible is 1 Timothy 6:10 which is wrongly cited as \u201cmoney is the root of all evil.\u201d In fact, what Paul wrote is that \u201cthe love<\/strong> of money is the root of all evil.\u201d The true danger in that love of money is found in the last half of that verse, which we rarely remember or read. It says that because of that craving for money, \u201csome have wandered away from the faith.\u201d That\u2019s the trouble with loving money \u2013 it leads us away from God, it leads us away from trusting in God, and it becomes a god itself, and that\u2019s a First Commandment issue \u2013 \u201cYou shall have no other gods, and we are to fear, love and trust in God above all things.\u201d How you answer the question, \u201cWho or what is your god?\u201d makes all the difference in whether life even has meaning.<\/p>\n

The rich man in Mark 10 quite obviously loved his money and turned it into his god. That\u2019s why Jesus would say that \u201cit\u2019s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.\u201d Love of money = idolatry.<\/p>\n

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c. Doesn\u2019t last forever \/ can\u2019t take it with you<\/h5>\n

Another problem with money is that it doesn\u2019t last forever. Listen to verses 13 and 14 again: \u201cThere is a grievous evil\u2026 Riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture.\u201d Isn\u2019t that the truth? If you have enough money, and you\u2019re looking to invest it and make more, and one of those \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d ventures presents itself and you get drawn in, then you soon learn that it WAS too good to be true. That 10% or 12% return promise fizzled out, and your riches were lost in a bad venture.<\/p>\n

And if you get old enough, if you last long enough\u2026 well, your money might not\u2026 what with medications for this, that and everything, and with medical procedures, and with the exorbitant cost of living in a seniors residence or a care home\u2026 no your money might not last. And even if it did, you can\u2019t take it with you. I think the New International Version of v. 15 is more familiar to us: \u201cNaked a man comes from his mother\u2019s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labour that he can carry in his hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

One man thought he could take it with him, wherever he thought he was going after he died. So, he instructed his children to liquidate his estate after he died, turn it into gold bullion bars, put it in a brief case, place the brief case in his casket and bury that gold with him. OK, at this point, let me tell you that this isn\u2019t a truly Christian story because, despite his apparent trust in his money more than God, he ended up at the doors of heaven. He was greeted by an angel or two and he insisted that he bring the brief case into heaven with him. They asked him what was in the brief case. When he showed them the bars of gold, the one angel snickered and said to the other, \u201cWhy would he want to bring pavement here?\u201d [You know\u2026 the streets of gold!]<\/p>\n

The truth is, \u201cHe who dies with the most toys\u2026 still dies!\u201d And when he dies, someone else gets his toys, or perhaps by the time he dies they have lost their value\u2026 tsk\u2026 tsk.<\/p>\n

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d. Ultimately not satisfying<\/h5>\n

One last problem with money is that ultimately it does not satisfy. Verse 17 explains that \u201call his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.\u201d There are some things that money can\u2019t buy\u2026 oh, and the ad on TV finishes the sentence with \u201cfor everything else, there\u2019s Mastercard.\u201d So, what can\u2019t money buy?<\/p>\n

Health \u2013 you might be the richest person on the planet, but when the doctor\u2019s diagnosis is the c-word, your gobs of money can\u2019t undo it or fix it.<\/p>\n

Peace \u2013 when you\u2019ve said something that you wish you wouldn\u2019t have, and you\u2019ve broken your relationship with one of your kids, and it torments you and keeps you from sleeping, then trying to bribe your child back into a civil relationship \u2013 forget about a loving<\/strong> relationship \u2013 it doesn\u2019t work, and you don\u2019t have peace.<\/p>\n

Reputation – when you\u2019ve done something that has ruined your reputation and good standing at work, money can\u2019t get that reputation back.<\/p>\n

Love \u2013 when you\u2019re trying to impress the prettiest girl in high school with your fast car or with invitations to a fancy restaurant, but she just isn\u2019t into you, well, you learn what the Beatles sang about in their 1964 hit single \u201cMoney Can\u2019t Buy Me Love,\u201d and that was really only a re-statement of the Biblical truth in Songs of Songs 8:7 \u2013 \u201cIf one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bottom line\u2026 money can\u2019t get you the most important things in life, so it is ultimately not satisfying.<\/p>\n

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2. What is satisfying?<\/h4>\n
a.\u00a0 Acknowledging that there is a real God<\/h5>\n

So what is satisfying? First and foremost, what is satisfying is acknowledging that there is a real God, and He\u2019s not money! We don\u2019t hear that acknowledgement at all in Ecclesiastes 5, but our Epistle reading from Hebrews 4 helps us out. It talks about God creating the world, and calling us to rest from our toils on the seventh day just as He established the pattern for rest. It talks about God\u2019s throne of grace that we can approach in a posture of prayer. It talks about our great high priest, Jesus, who was sinless though tempted, and who brings us mercy and grace in our time of need.<\/p>\n

What is satisfying is loving God rather than ignoring Him, and keeping Him at arm\u2019s length in our lives. What is satisfying is loving the God who loved us first, and who gave His Son into death so that we might be forgiven and have treasure in heaven. What is satisfying is putting everything in its proper place – money, possessions, work, family, recreation, entertainment, reading, sports, education \u2013 all those things in their proper place under God. What is satisfying is following Jesus, for He is goodness, and truth, and love, and life.<\/p>\n

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b. Peace\/contentment in what we have \u2013 gifts from God<\/h5>\n

Second, and for this we do turn back to Ecclesiastes, what is satisfying is to find peace and contentment in what we have, and to consider them as gifts from God. Listen again to how Ecclesiastes puts it: \u201cWhat I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil \u2013 this is the gift of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you hear that? Do you get that? The wealth that God has given, the possessions that God has given, the toil that God has given, the lot in life that God has given \u2013 these are good things, things to enjoy\u2026 but first of all to recognize as things that God has given, and second not things to make into your God. That \u201ceat, drink and be merry\u201d motto of the man who built bigger barns \u2013 that wasn\u2019t evil or ungodly\u2026 the problem was that he didn\u2019t acknowledge those things as gifts from God, and he didn\u2019t offer thanks to God. Whatever your lot in life \u2013 whether you\u2019re single, married, or widowed, whether you\u2019re rich, middle class, or barely making ends meet, whether you\u2019re young, empty nesters, or a senior senior \u2013 whatever your lot in life, recognize it as the gift of God for you right now, and be content. Things will likely still change in life, and you can deal with those changes when they come, but be content where you are. If you want a motto for life, then Paul\u2019s words in Philippians 4 work for everybody: \u201cI have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a young adult, Martin Luther took a monk\u2019s vow of poverty, but ended up with a wife and family and a very large home, where university students boarded, and where professors, friends and relatives, local folks and admirers came to hear his theological wisdom, and to stay, and to eat. Somehow, Luther\u2019s wife Katie always fed them. Luther considered Katie to be \u201cmore precious than the kingdom of France and the riches of Venice.\u201d He slept sweetly at night, for he once wrote, \u201cI don\u2019t worry about debts because when Katie pays one another comes.\u201d Like St. Paul, Luther knew that whatever he had \u2013 a lot or a little \u2013 was a gift of God, and that whatever else he had, he always truly had everything good, because he had Christ, the one who had reconciled him to God for all eternity.<\/p>\n

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c. Using those gifts to serve others (like Jesus served us)<\/h5>\n

A third thing that is satisfying is using those God-given gifts to serve others. This was the downfall of the rich young man in Mark 10. He had much, but he kept it for himself. In contrast, Jesus once said in a parable, \u201cTo whom much is given, much is required.\u201d In other words, the more you have \u2013 whether it\u2019s money, or gifts, or time \u2013 the more opportunity you have to bless other people. And if you\u2019ve done that \u2013 and I\u2019m sure you all have in one way or another \u2013 if you\u2019ve done that, you know what deep satisfaction that gives you in your heart. Serving others with who we are and what we have been given is nothing less than following Jesus, since He was the one who came not to be served but to serve others and to give His life as a ransom for all, to give His life as a ransom for YOU!<\/p>\n

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d. Mission Impossible is possible with God!<\/h5>\n

Let me end with one last comment to correctly understand and interpret Jesus\u2019 statement about it being hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, and to help us put the vanity of wealth into perspective.<\/p>\n

Many of you remember the old TV program Mission: Impossible, and some of you have become acquainted with it through the more recent movie versions starring Tom Cruise. Basically, the television program revolved around an agent, Jim Phelps, receiving dangerous and secret government assignments. The tagline was a tape recording at the beginning of each show that said, \u201cYour mission, Mr. Phelps, should you decide to accept it, is . . .\u201d And then after relaying the message, the tape would self-destruct \u201cin five seconds.\u201d The name of the show came, I suppose, because these assignments appeared impossible. You know\u2026 Mission: Very Difficult just doesn\u2019t have the same zing as Mission: Impossible.<\/p>\n

Entering the kingdom of God is Mission: Difficult for the best of us. We have to give up all of our own efforts to please and appease God, and rely instead completely on Jesus\u2019 suffering and death for us. Believing that isn\u2019t easy!<\/p>\n

For the rich, entering the kingdom of God is Mission: Very Difficult. That\u2019s what Jesus says after the rich man walked away from Jesus: \u201cHow difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!\u201d This surprises the disciples. Like other Jews, they regarded wealth as a sign of God\u2019s blessing and an indicator of one\u2019s relationship with God. Riches, rather than always being a sign of God\u2019s favor, can actually get in the way of one\u2019s trust in God, can get in the way of inheriting eternal life, can get in the way of the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

The disciples understood and asked the logical question: \u201cWho then can be saved?\u201d with the implication that that is truly Mission: Impossible. But Jesus\u2019 response was so encouraging\u2026 maybe for you, too. \u201cWith God all things are possible.\u201d That is, even saving a rich man is possible. And that\u2019s good news, because whether we acknowledge it or not, many of us are monetarily rich. But the richness of faith in Jesus for our salvation outweighs and undoes the potential danger of loving our earthly riches. By God\u2019s grace, through Jesus, even the rich can go to heaven.<\/p>\n

To wrap things up\u2026 true meaning and peace and satisfaction is found in knowing the true God, and His Son, and His grace, and His eternal gift; true meaning and peace and satisfaction is found in the contentment that all that we have are gifts from God; true meaning and peace and satisfaction is found in serving others as Christ served us; true meaning and peace and satisfaction is found in the safety net of God\u2019s grace \u2013 that going to heaven is possible for EVERYONE\u2026 thanks to Jesus! \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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