The reading this week for Sukkot is Ecclesiastes. Solomon wrote about all the roads one might take to happiness and concluded that there is no lasting value in any of them if they are not founded on obedience to God.
In our home Bible study tonight we read Luke 12 in which Yeshua cautioned his disciples not to worry about food or money, but to trust in God’s providence. Instead, worry about getting your life straightened out before your divinely scheduled final court appearance.
Since this is the sixteenth of the month, my son read Proverbs 16 in which Solomon warned that gold and silver are temporary pursuits that will be no better than dust when you are dead. The pleasure of the King, however, is something to be treasured.
These things are never mere coincidence.
All is vanity.