Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. 8 For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. 8 For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
People work hard all their lives to gain, but most in the end do not feel satisfied within. The fool has little, but does the wise in his own eyes have any more? Who truly walks right in life, eyes set on what matters in eternity before his Maker? Grabbing wind is easier than satisfaction in self. Ah. But the more excellent way is found in Christ Jesus - He gives sight to the blind in soul, provides wisdom to walk in the light (that is where He is), and fulfills the soul's desire forever.
On a change of heart to result in change of behavior: That is wisdom; God always desires our heart, and our effort apart from His Spirit's slow sanctifying work to transform us does not work. The more we love and obey, the more we take on the heart of Christ, God within us, and please Him!
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