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"For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭2:26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/ecc.2.26.nkjv A purposeless pursuit does not necessarily result in a want of material profits or an absence of worldly enrichment. In fact, the Preacher's experience confirms the possibility of an abundance of enjoyment and provision of worldly amusement, which may be freely at the possessor's beck and call. However, these enrichments bring little satisfaction or no fulfilling pleasure to the soul, because a purposeless pursuit is primarily concerned about self-satisfaction. Although the work of gathering and collecting the benefits of life appears to favour certain privileged men, the same men are less favoured with satisfaction without a commensurate commitment to the expected spi...

“For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭1:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/ecc.1.18.nkjv There is a thick cloud of emptiness in the pursuits of wisdom and knowledge without the clear understanding of the relevance of their acquisitions. Increase in wisdom and knowledge in every pursuit in life, be it in the study of natural sciences, medicine, engineering, and humanity, is always aimed at the discovery of new things. While there may abound evidences of external discoveries of new methodologies, there is always a corresponding discovery of emptiness within the heart of man - the limitation, lifelessness, and loneliness. Real fulfilment in life comes from inner embrace of the worship of the God of all wisdom and knowledge. For what is owned, acquired, refrained, and restricted, the heart that gladly worship God understands the essence of his existence. And when comes the time to transit, there will be a sense of endless ful...

“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:10-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.31.10-11.nkjv Proverbs 31 is notable for the description of the prize and qualities of a virtuous woman, while little attention is placed on the declaration of the price. Whereas, the scriptures started by ruling out the relevance of material riches in the pursuit of this jewel. Actually, a virtuous woman is found by a travailing man, who is prepared to birth and burst his confidence in the God of heaven. The heart that finds the combination of safety and trust knows that the evidence of no lack, no loss, and no limitation is the derivative of an absolute trust in God. It is fruitless to complain and compare the performances of a wife with another woman outside the matrimonial home, when the key to a virtuous living is actually in the hands of the husband. " So he will have no lack...

“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.31.4.nkjv The words of prophecy from the mother of king Lemuel to her adorable son represents another amazing scriptural exposition on the preference of inspiration to intoxication. Stylishly, kings appear to be mandated to accept the service of wine on the account of palace protocol, rather than being motivated by personal preference. Likewise, positions and privileges in life expose man to certain written and unwritten ethics that often overwhelm his personal convictions on godliness. While the dividend from the determination of Daniel in Babylon teaches the benefit of preferring God's promises to the palace's portion, the fear of demotion, defamation, and derogation makes the likes of admonition from the mother of king Lemuel a hard call in today's social and work places. As a matter of fact, every call to duty with...

“There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭30:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.30.12.nkjv It is generally agreed that leadership failure is the bane of the lack of responsiveness in every human system. While the concept is valid for all communal, institutional, political, and family systems, the subjective composition of the concept of leadership is always inaccurate. Leadership is not an extraction of a group of people, but the ability of anyone within the system to accept responsibility towards the improvement of any system. Whether at the home-front or in the society, the blame game strategy that attend every query on system responsiveness is an evidence of a want of leadership quality. There is always something everyone can do make a positive change to any sluggish responsiveness in a system. Although the price for pure participation is not always cheap, it guarantees collective responsibility for corporate respo...

“ Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. ” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭30:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.30.5.nkjv Increase of the knowledge in man, without a commensurate understanding of the plan of God for his existence and present preoccupation, exposes man to the fear and lack of confidence in the promises of God. The substantial shield of common sense in everyday decision making, based on the merit of comparative analysis, poll statistics, intelligent gathering, etc, may appear to agree easily with the elementary faith in the God of success and prosperity. However, these basic decision making tools become irrelevant when absolute faith in the purpose and plan for the future is required. The expected shield is not based the type of faith that places emphasis on the destination of faith, more than the ' steps ' and ' stops ' along the journey of faith. Confidence in every word of God is all that is needed for anyone to accept the reco...

“Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭29:17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.29.17.nkjv Those who have ever experienced the pretence of disowning an herring son or acquaintance would probably attest to the inseparable affinity between a son and their souls. There appears to be a permanent register created in the soul and occupied by every son and all acquaintances that are inhabited within the sphere of anyone's influence. Invariably, the correction of the son turns out to be the maintenance of own soul, through every submission to the counsel of the Lord. Little wonder, those who have succeeded in the business of parenting will always be grateful to God for the privilege of personal transformation, made possible by their willingness to accept God's correction before offering an effective correction of others within their sphere of influence. And if everyone knows that every son is in the parent's soul, God...