December 26

Solomon said something in Ecclesiastes 2:24 that is a powerful truth as far as it goes. Here, the wisest man who ever lived proclaimed, “There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy the good of his labor from the hand of God.”

Yes, God wants His people to enjoy the fruit of their endeavors and He wants them to enjoy prosperity, yet He does not want the acquisition of wealth or the accumulation of things to be the heart and soul of a man’s heart and soul. Our Lord has better for us than the enjoyment of the gain our hands have gotten.

I Timothy 6:6 says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” Ultimately, the best treasure we can acquire is that which comes when we have received Jesus as our Lord and Savior and recognize that the washing away of our sins in His shed blood that we may spend eternity with Him is our greatest gain.

When we have recognized the enormity of the gift He has purchased for us, we will want to please Him in all our ways—not because we are trying to earn the salvation He gave as a free gift but because we love Him and want Him to delight in us—and that godliness will accrue to our spiritual account as great gain!