One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has All of a man’s toil is for his mouth— yet his appetite is never satisfied. 8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools? ?Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?? 9 ?Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more?. This also is vanity and chasing wind!…
+ DAILY PRAYER +
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 3
Psa 3:1 O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
Psa 3:2 many are saying of my soul,
“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah
Psa 3:3 But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
Psa 3:4 I cried aloud to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
Psa 3:5 I lay down and slept; I woke again,
for the LORD sustained me.
Psa 3:6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.
Psa 3:7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
Psa 3:8 Salvation belongs to the LORD;
your blessing be on your people! Selah
Reading for Thursday October 2nd Eccl 6:7-7:6
One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has
7 All of a man’s toil is for his mouth—
yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools?
?Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others??
9 ?Better to be content with what your eyes see
than for your soul to constantly crave more?.
This also is vanity and chasing wind!
It is Futile for Humans to Complain about God’s Irresistible Will
10 Whatever is—it was already determined,
?what will be—it has already been decided?.
As for man, he cannot argue
against what is more powerful than him.
11 ?Increasing words only multiplies futility?,
how does that profit anyone?
The Future is Inscrutable to Humans
12 For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen ?in the future? under the sun?
People Generally Do Not Know What is Best for Them
7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death is better than the day of one’s birth.
2 Better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for death is the end of every person,
and the living should take it to his heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Better to listen to the rebuke of the wise
than for a man to listen to the song of fools.
6 Like the sound of thorns under a pot,
so also the laughter of fools.
This also is vanity!
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Merciful God, in Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, You give good gifts to Your children, the gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation. Teach us to give the gift of love and mercy to our neighbors so that we may do unto others as we wish them to do unto us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
