WHAT MONEY CANNOT DO (5 OF 11)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-18, Ecclesiastes 6:1-6
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What Money Cannot Do (5 of 11)
Series: Ecclesiastes
Robert Dawson
Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:6
We have all had those wide-awake dreams of what it would be like to have money, lots of money.
1. Most people at some point in their life have dreamed what it would be like to win a lottery, which we shouldn't really be playing, or having a very rich, very distant and eccentric uncle who dies and leaves us millions.
2. We have all wondered what it would be like to be the Beverly Hillbillies and suddenly strike it rich and how our life would change because of it
I started reading a book the other night by John Steinbeck, The Pearl. I don't know how the story will end yet but I do know how it has begun.
1. Kino, a poor native in his country, has discovered an amazingly large, rare and very valuable pearl.
2. It is a discovery that will potentially change his life forever.
3. The minute he gets the pearl his thoughts begin to change. Where he was once satisfied and happy with the songs of his family, the sea and people those songs are now beginning to die down and a hunger begins to grow for something else, something more.
4. As news spreads neighbors gather and one of his friends Juan Tomás asks Kino what he will do with his wealth, Kino details his plans: a proper marriage in the church, new clothing for the family, a harpoon, and a rifle, among other things. Kino's new boldness amazes Juana, especially when he expresses his desire for Coyotito to be sent to school and educated. Kino himself is surprised somewhat by his own resolute statement, and all of the neighbors stare at the mighty pearl with a mixture of hope and fear at the enormous changes that lie ahead.
I believe wealth does carry with it both hope and fear. Kino had begun to dream about more and bigger things.
Wealth has a way of doing that but Solomon tells us not to get too carried away in our wealth induced dreams because they are really nothing more than an illusion, especially if ...
Series: Ecclesiastes
Robert Dawson
Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:6
We have all had those wide-awake dreams of what it would be like to have money, lots of money.
1. Most people at some point in their life have dreamed what it would be like to win a lottery, which we shouldn't really be playing, or having a very rich, very distant and eccentric uncle who dies and leaves us millions.
2. We have all wondered what it would be like to be the Beverly Hillbillies and suddenly strike it rich and how our life would change because of it
I started reading a book the other night by John Steinbeck, The Pearl. I don't know how the story will end yet but I do know how it has begun.
1. Kino, a poor native in his country, has discovered an amazingly large, rare and very valuable pearl.
2. It is a discovery that will potentially change his life forever.
3. The minute he gets the pearl his thoughts begin to change. Where he was once satisfied and happy with the songs of his family, the sea and people those songs are now beginning to die down and a hunger begins to grow for something else, something more.
4. As news spreads neighbors gather and one of his friends Juan Tomás asks Kino what he will do with his wealth, Kino details his plans: a proper marriage in the church, new clothing for the family, a harpoon, and a rifle, among other things. Kino's new boldness amazes Juana, especially when he expresses his desire for Coyotito to be sent to school and educated. Kino himself is surprised somewhat by his own resolute statement, and all of the neighbors stare at the mighty pearl with a mixture of hope and fear at the enormous changes that lie ahead.
I believe wealth does carry with it both hope and fear. Kino had begun to dream about more and bigger things.
Wealth has a way of doing that but Solomon tells us not to get too carried away in our wealth induced dreams because they are really nothing more than an illusion, especially if ...
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