Jan 11 - Ecclesiastes 5:7

With many dreams come vanities

and a multitude of words;

but fear God.
Ecclesiastes 5:7

"Dream," like a coin, has two sides.

There's a positive side. God wants us to dream, hope, and aspire. Imagination and creativity can be godly and inspired.

But there are other aspects of "dreams" which are less positive. Daydreaming is one. With our "head in the clouds," we often forget the real needs on the ground.

This verse uses "dream" in the second way. And that's only the first word that needs explained in this verse. The second is "vanities." In the very first sentences of Ecclesiastes, Solomon wails, "Vanity of vanities" (1:2). Other translations render "vanities," "Meaningless. Meaningless. All is meaningless."

That means a more modern, and probably more meaningful, translation of today's verse is: "Dreaming all the time instead of working is foolishness. And there is ruin in a flood of empty words. Fear God instead" (NLT).

In Christ's Love,

a guy who needs to

flip the coin,

shut his mouth

and dream more with God