Futility to Celebration

Has the excitement of Easter already come and gone for you? Are you left with a fridge full of multicolored, boiled eggs and a floor strewn with empty plastic shells? Has Spring Break broken your spirit?

Do you find yourself lamenting like Solomon in Ecclesiastes chapter one?

Everything is futile! (verse 2)

All things are wearisome! (verse 8)

There is nothing new! (verse 9)

It’s easy for us to get bogged down in our daily, earthly lives. After all, the dishes have to be cleaned, the floor vacuumed, and the toilets scrubbed.

And guess what? No matter how good I scrub, I’ll have to clean the bathrooms again. And in a few hours, we’ll be hungry and I’ll once again be at the sink washing dishes.

For the past two weeks, I have been assembling and installing bookshelves when I get home in the evenings. Who knew that floors aren’t perfectly level? And who knew how difficult that would make installing bookshelves? Not one-week-ago-me. One-week-ago-me was convinced I’d be finished in two days. Ha! How little did I know that Ecclesiastes 1:15 would become my new life verse:

What is crooked cannot be straightened

Was Solomon right? Is everything useless? Is it all futile?

No! Do you know what Solomon needed to do right away in chapter one? He needed to preach the Gospel to Himself!

Instead, he had a 12 chapter pity party. Yes, it’s okay to feel down. And yes, God wants you to be honest about your feelings.

But think back to last Sunday and put on some of that Easter celebration. Because God’s mercies were new again this morning. His promises are still true. Jesus is still your salvation. Cling to those truths. Remember that God is making all things new – let’s not miss out! He is STILL risen!