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“Are you chasing wind… or living rich toward God?”
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Teacher, “all is vanity and a chasing after wind.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2)
This week’s readings remind us that so much of what we work for and cling to cannot last. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of a rich man who builds bigger barns to store his wealth, believing he’s secured his future. But God calls him a fool because his life ends that very night.
It’s easy to shake our heads at the “rich fool,” but the truth is this parable is for all of us. We live in a culture that says more is always better — more money, more comfort, more control. Yet, as Ecclesiastes says, that’s “chasing after wind.”
Paul reminds us in Colossians: “You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” In baptism, we’ve already died to that way of living. Our treasure is secure in Christ, so we are free to be “rich toward God” — living generously, gratefully, and open-handedly.
What “wind” are you chasing? How is God calling you to live differently this week?
– Pastor Will
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