"Wisdom Excels Folly"

 "And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the do that cometh after the king? even that which hath already been done." (Ecclesiastes 2:12 KJV)

  "Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, "Rabbi, eat something." But Jesus replied, "I have a kind of food you know nothing about." "Did someone bring him food while we were gone?" the disciples asked each other. Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. You know the saying, 'Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruits they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! You know the saying, 'One plants and another harvests.' And it's true. I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest."" (John 4:31-38 NLT)

 So, yesterday I was thinking: Was there anything that Jesus had done, here on this earth, which did not require the use of someone else, in one way or another? Yes, I know it seems odd and out of sorts. But if you stop and think about it, He came here as vulnerable as He could have possibly been, as a baby, totally and completely dependent upon His mother!    

 I know what you must be thinking, and it hopefully will work itself out in the end. Solomon has pondered this before, back in 1:17; however, in this new light of thinking, he takes his thoughts to others, rather than just himself. Having felt the results of his own personal folly, he now ponders the results of others, both the wise and the foolish.

 I watched that controversial movie last night, "Journey to Bethlehem," which I totally enjoyed when I first saw it, and enjoyed it even more last night. What makes it so controversial is that they took such liberties in the making, as Mary wanted to be a teacher, Joseph was an inventor, and many other little bits and pieces of nothingness, most of which did not really take away from the Glory of the birth of Jesus! 

 To be totally clear, most of this is about the last seven words in this Scripture: "even that which hath already been done." You must understand something about God's passion and love for the lost: He uses those that are messed up and fall apart, to clean up and put others back together! Sometimes people are broken for His glory to be put on display...

""Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you the unfailing love I promised to David. See how I used him to display my power among the nations. You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious."" (Isaiah 55:3-5 NLT)