Have you been outside today? It sure is windy! The wind got me to thinking: HOW DO YOU CATCH THE WIND? The answer: YOU DON”T because YOU CAN”T – it’s impossible! The author of Ecclesiastes put it this way: “I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.” Eccl 2:11 We spend the greatest part of our lives working and trying to catch something that cannot be caught! Live long enough and everything – all of your mighty deeds, your great accomplishments and celebrated successes will be present one moment and gone in the next!
Our problem is not in our work – our work is good and it produces some meaningful results. The problem is that the results are temporary and short lived, because life is about so much more than the physical – which is where we tend to spend most of our time, energy and effort!
The fact is – every person is created with a God shaped hole that needs to be filled. We try to fill that hole with all sorts of stuff. We try to fill that hole with our toil, work, success and accomplishments, but continue to feel empty and void!
We can’t catch the wind, but the wind can catch us! And this is exactly what happens when we enter into a relationship with God. Our life discovers real purpose. The stuff that made no sense, suddenly begins to make sense and the hole in our life that was empty becomes full and overflowing! Stop chasing the wind! Stop and let it catch you!
Michael Joe Harvell 