Yesterday we heard from Quoheleth of the classic boredom of one who seems stuck in a rut! "Look around! Nothing ever changes! The sun rises and goes down the same way every day! The rivers run to the sea but do not seem to ever fill it up! Speaking really doesn't get a message across! Seeing and hearing doesn't really satisfy! What was, will be! There is nothing new under the sun!" It seems that Quoheleth was having a "bad day!"
But then we said: maybe not! Maybe he was just summarizing the condition of the world before Jesus! Everything was stuck in a vicious circle that led to nowhere! That is precisely why Jesus, Messiah and Savior was needed and was sent. HE WOULD BE THE ONE NEW THING! who would MAKE EVERYTHING DIFFERENT!
Today in the first reading Quoheleth takes his complaint one step further: what use is toil and labor and work – who will get what the laborer profits? Certainly not the laborer – "you can't take it with you." And does it seem fair that children and others can get what is left behind? And so Quoheleth bemoans the fact that there seems to be no good reason to work!
But he is not recognizing the work of God in all of this! It is God who assigns the tasks, it is God who provides what is needed to carry out the tasks, it is God who ultimately pays a just wage, and it is God who will see that everything gets to where it is supposed to go at the end of the world!
May we see things GOD'S WAY and not ours this day! Our way is never comprehensive enough! There is no ladder tall enough for any of us to stand on to see the entire picture at one time – and thus make a proper judgment on anything! And so may we TRUST IN GOD TODAY who has the best vantage point of all – and all the power necessary to safeguard, protect, love and provide for all of our needs!
Blessed be the Lord, our Rock! We trust in you, we love you and we know that you will always give us what we need!
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