Just a Thought

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant once said; "Give a man everything he wants and at that moment everything is not everything"

There is a man spoken of in the Bible who would support that view. Solomon, the third king of Israel, was a man who literally had everything: extraordinary success, wealth, and incredible intellect and wisdom given him by God. Yet it all became meaningless and he ended up feeling empty. Why? Simply because he had turned his back on God to pursue his own selfish desires. He was a classic example of a good man who started strong but turned the wrong way and wound up empty.

But late in his life, Solomon came to his senses and turned back to God. In the book of Ecclesiastes which he wrote, he said; ‘Here now is my final conclusion: fear God and obey His commands, for this is everyone’s duty.’ God’s primary command to everyone since Jesus came is to repent from ignoring Him and just living to please themselves, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man (Jesus Christ) whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead. (Acts 17vs 30,31). Jesus declared that He had come that we might have life to the full (John 10 v 10), and through Him, God has declared that He has given us eternal life, such that anyone that does not have Him does not have life (1 John 5 vs 11,12). So, contrary to the statement of Immanuel Kant, if anyone receives Christ, He becomes to them everything.