Christian Devotional – March 25, 2025

Wisdom Squandered, Day 20

Get moving! Read Ecclesiastes 9:1-10.

As a society, we tend to stay very busy. We value activity over accomplishment. Solomon has just gone through chapters telling us how completely meaningless everything we’re doing is. And to be truthful, a lot of us actually probably feel that way about much of the activity that we do. We get so busy doing things that we don’t stop to think about the fact that what we are doing should have meaning in it and purpose.

Even with all of this, Solomon recognizes that the answer isn’t to just sit around. Because of our overwhelming tendency toward incessant activity, people tend it to want to use their down time to just sit and “veg”. Yet, Solomon says, that’s not the answer, either. So what then is our purpose? We are to focus on pleasing God. We are to be doing the things that he has us to do… no more and no less.

Jesus was the perfect example. He found ways to make meaningful interactions with people he was around while not being so busy that he couldn’t accomplish the work that his father had set out for him to do. Are we seeking that perfect balance? Are we intentional in what we are doing so that our activity actually has accomplishment?

What activities do we need to stop doing because they are not accomplishing anything? What activities have we been avoiding because they take a little more work and a little more time, but would accomplish so much more? How do we find the balance between doing and resting to focus in on God?

Be sure to check out the video devotional on this here: https://youtu.be/RA0HjGvNguU