Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 Click here for Bible Verses
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Today’s passage is Ecclesiastes 9:13-18. Let’s go!
Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 (NIV)
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
On verses 13-18: Qohelet recounts this story of how a poor wise man saved his small town from a powerful king’s invasion. The lesson here for us is: Wisdom can beat brute strength. Likewise, when we were being attacked by a more powerful enemy, in His wisdom Jesus became poor, lived among us in our town, and by His wisdom saved us. The gospel is the story of how Jesus, the wisdom of God, beat Satan’s brute strength.
Just as the poor man in Qohelet’s story saved the city but was not remembered (v15), rather than being honoured and remembered by the people He came to save, Jesus is unfortunately often forgotten, despised and maligned in this world. What other name in the world is more maligned and misused as a curse word than the name of Jesus? Truly it is not what people in this world say about you or how much the world remembers you that determines your worth. It’s what God says and what remembers about you that counts.
Thank You Jesus for being the wise man who became poor so that You could save the rest of us from our enemy. May I not forget You or despise You, but may I remember what You did and honour You. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
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