He Who Is Truth Promises

August 22

A very astute observation is made in Ecclesiastes 7:11, 12. It is not only insightful but also encompassing. Here Solomon says, “Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. Wisdom is a shelter, as money is a shelter, but the advantage of wisdom is this: it preserves the life of its possessor.”

Who can deny that it is an advantage to have money? Even if one is not the possessor of a vast inheritance, having something of a nest egg accrued by ones frugality or investment prowess is certainly an advantage in tough economic times. Though sudden calamity can devastate even vast amounts of wealth, there is a measure of security in possessing a ‘cushion’ against such an eventuality.

But Solomon declares here that wisdom is not only a good shelter from adversity for the one who possesses it, it is also a preserver of his life! No matter how many advantages we may observe to those who have either a sizable income or a vast investment portfolio, we cannot list extension of their lives among them.

Though wealth may afford them the best of medical care and the most respected of doctors, it does not allow them to buy one moment of time beyond that which the Author and Finisher of life allots to them. Wisdom, however, establishes a man in truth and HE WHO IS TRUTH promises to him eternal life in Jesus.