The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 2 July 2025 — Wealth Does Not Make Life Count
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TOPIC: Wealth Does Not Make Life Count
READ: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 (NKJV)
- I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
- I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all [is] vanity and grasping for the wind.
- [What is] crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
- I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.”
- And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
- For in much wisdom [is] much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
THE MESSAGE:
It is clear from our reading today that king Solomon was wealthy and wise (velse 16), yet he considered every struggle under heaven as extreme travail. He noted that he had estate and had great experience of wisdom and knowledge but concluded that all the toiling of man under the sun is vexation of spirit. In other words, all labour and struggles are just meaningless; they are not what man should live for. Beloved, it is painful to note that the same things many people are doing everything good and bad to acquire is here described by Solomon, who enjoyed real wealth, as vanity and vexation of spirit. It is very crucial for Christians to check who they are living for in this temporary world.
Some children of God are busy each day running after gold and silver while paying little or no attention to their salvation and proper journey to heaven. Without doubt, God has given us all things richly to enjoy in this life but nothing guarantees peace, joy and eternal rest more than our Christian sanctity. Only those who live for the Lord here will reign with Him in His everlasting Kingdom. Money, wealth, property and material possessions are important in our daily life’s activities but we must not make them the reasons for our existence. If only in this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied most (1 Corinthians 12:19).
PRAYER: Father, my confidence is in You; not in my possessions. You are my hope of everlasting life.
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 02, 2025
TOPIC: WEALTH DOES NOT MAKE LIFE COUNT
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this new day, the one hundred and eighty-third day in the year 2025 in good health, sound mind and in joy
- Father, thank You for the special gift of life, many wished to see this new month, but they couldn’t.
- Thank You Jesus for being there for us, Your children.
- Thank You Lord for Your plans for me this year. They are plans of good, not of evil, to give me a good and successful end.
- Father, please forgive me all my known and unknown sins, and let no sin reign over my life this year, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive wisdom not to labour in vain, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to live for God only in this temporary world, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to pay proper attention to my journey to heaven, in Jesus’ name.
- No matter what, I will live for God here on earth that I may reign with Him in His everlasting Kingdom, in Jesus’ name.
- Holy Spirit, help me to have a deep, flourishing and an unbroken relationship with God, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help me to get my life right this year, and let Your perfect will be enforced on me, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help us to get it right in Nigeria, and let Your perfect will be enforced on us in Jesus’ name.
- Heavenly Father, let Your peace continue to reign in every part of this country,
- Whether the devil likes it or not, I will make heaven and receive my eternal rewards in Jesus’ Name.
- This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
- Personal and family prayer requests.
- Confession: God bless the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), God bless the Universal Church, and God bless our country Nigeria -1 Chronicles 17:27.
- Thank You Lord for answered prayers, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray. Amen.
