In mine meditation I enquire of myself
Yea, I thought within my heart…
What vanity is?
For behold, if I seek after pleasure
Do they satisfy the soul?
Though I seek after prosperity
Lo, do they not have wings to fly away
Though I lust after material things
Behold, do they satisfy my thirst?
Even if mine eye search to and fro
To find what I might seek…
Is not The Lord the Judge of all?
If I choose not to seek The Lord
Does He not seek after me?
Though I choose to please the flesh
The end thereof is vanity
Oh, if I choose to please men
Though I labour, but in vain.
What if I set mine heart not on above?
Does not mine treasure live in heaven?
What if I take comfort from mine riches?
Ah! How they’ll one day fade away!
Oh if I seek after sin!
The end thereof is destruction
What if mine choices continually favour the devil?
I am his and not God’s
What if mine heart delights in vain words?
Oh how I’ll one day lose all?
What if I choose not diligence?
Will my not my life be full of disappointments?
Though I choose to be lukewarm
That I am neither for Him nor against Him
Lo, He hates me more than an infidel
Though I’m rich but oppress the poor
Is not death the portion of all?
Though I prosper and remember not The Lord
Behold, His judgement come thick and fast…
Though I’m elevated but delights in bringing others down
Is not The Lord the lifter of all?
Though I’m blessed but refuse to be a blessing
Can God not reclaim what He gave?
So again, what then is vanity?
Behold, to abuse the poor and needy
Yea, to bring low His people with high looks!
To delight in pride and not lowliness of heart
To choose not God and to serve other gods
This I perceive is vanity
For this life is but for a moment
Yea, a moment compared to eternity
For in deep thought it is evident
That to live for yourself is vanity
But to live for God? That’s eternity
For to own this world in all its array
with its riches, honour and glory…
All is but vain
But a life in Him is a life worth living
Yea, for this world is but for a little moment
But if I seek after God
Will He not add all things to me?
What if mine spirit is never is denied
Yea, is never denied of His food?
How prepared am I for His visitation?
What if mine life is spent for Him?
Is mine reward not with Him?
So what then is vanity?
To choose not God, to seek after vain things!
Yea, this I perceive is vanity….
Selah…