It seems the author of Ecclesiastes (ECCL 1:2-11) is reminding us that the world was here long before we arrived and will be here after we are gone too. Therefore we should take stock of our priorities.
Are all the tasks that we are trying to accomplish as important as we make them to be? In general, are we really as important as we think we are? I don’t think this is an attempt to degrade us, rather a reminder that we should focus on what’s important.
In the Gospel from Luke (LK 9:7-9) we hear about Herod who is “perplexed” by Jesus’s identity. Google perplexed and you get the definition of completely baffled; very puzzled … of something complicated or unaccountable.
Perplexed is kind of what I am when we think about myself like the author of Ecclesiastes suggests I should? What are the important things that I should be focused on? Do not misunderstand, family and the commitments related to family are a critical part of my life. But what should be the center of everyone’s life?
The answer comes in the last sentence of Luke’s Gospel from today. “And he kept trying to see him.” Herod kept trying to see Jesus. We should keep trying to see Him too. Priority number one for everyone see Jesus.
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