Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
28 May, 1997 - Singapore
Good Morning!
WE ALL ADMIRE THE GUY WHO "MAKES IT"
We're talking about that "Fortune 500" type who GRABS
THE BRASS RING AND MAKES THINGS HAPPEN!
Here's the brief autobiography of one such man:
"I built...
"I made...
"I bought...
"I owned...
"I amassed...
"I acquired..."
And finally:
"I BECAME..."
In other words, he arrived, having achieved affluence.
Visibility. Status. Perhaps even respect.
And then he indulged! "I denied myself nothing..."
(Ecclesiastes 2:1-10)
But here is the kicker: According to his autobiography,
"...When I surveyed all that my
hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was
meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under
the sun." (Ecc. 2:11)
How is this possible? Had he not achieved
it all? The answer is, "No,
he had not." And the reason?
- None of his achievements could fill his inner emptiness. As Pascal sagaciously observed, "Inside of every man there is a God-shaped vacuum that only God can fill."
- Jesus Christ cautioned, "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?...A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." (Matthew 16:26; Luke 12:15)
How tragic it would be to have climbed
the ladder of success, only to
realize too late (as did Solomon) that you had leaned it against
the wrong wall.
SO THE QUESTION IS: "Which wall
is your ladder leaning against?"
My prayer is that you are having a great week.
Dwight Hill
- 1 Coleman Street #02-34
The Adelphi - Singapore 0617 .
- Phone: 337 6498; Fax: 336 9913
(c) Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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