Ecclesiastes 6:11
Ecclesiastes 6:11 NRSV “The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?” First off I apologized to anyone who was reading my devotional posts on Ecclesiastes, I admit for the last couple of months I got out of the habit so I hope I’m back on the ball now. Except of course I’m going on vacation next week. This verse really jumped out at me when I read chapter six. All the commentaries I’ve read so far haven’t given much attention to this particular verse. It’s been all about how the Teacher still sees life as pointless and the wise no better off then the foolish. While this is true, this particular verse spoke to me as a Pastor. The danger in being a pastor is we like to talk, we pile our words upon each other. Generally we do it to convince people of something or to paint a verbal picture, but I doubt many of us have tried the less is better option. I hope and pray that I will know when to say little and when to say much.