Thoughts for another day
July 7, 2010
Today's verse: Lk. 12:20. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
Yesterday watching TV, I landed on National Geographic and on the program ‘Mega Structures’. They were showing the making of Burj al Arab, the so-called finest hotel in the world, built on an artificial island, off Jumeirah beach in Dubai. It’s presumably the zenith of opulence and human grandeur and exudes the smell of wealth and inane splurging the filthy rich indulge in. I’m not making a mockery of splendor and ‘iconism’ created by man, nor am I sarcastic because it truly is a marvelous feat of human engineering and creative innuendo. By the way this opulence and grandeur is available to experience at the lowest level @ AED 4500 per night not inclusive of 10% city tax and another 10% service tax. Other top hotels offer the same night at about 10 percent of the price.
The narration of the person responsible for designing the hotel and it’s construction , funded by the ruler of the little ‘sheikhdom’ made me think of the vainness of human work and the utter futility of men trying to leave a name behind by creating mega sumptuous structures! A hundred years later it will seem just a simple ordinary piece of work and won’t inspire anyone. Yes, there’re structures that have defied the ravages of time, still standing as megalithic as ever, but the attraction is not the way they’re now; rather they excite the mind as to the amount of effort, money and time taken to build them belying the vision of the person who initiated it…but like Ecclesiastes says, it’s all vanity.
Our discussion isn’t about structures but about God and what we see in these structures vis-à-vis God’s wisdom. As the narrator mentioned the realization of the sheikh’s dream, I thought of the above Scripture; about the fool mentioned there. If you read the entire parable you’ll notice his motive and the motive of the creator of the hotel are not very different and for sure the Lord’s response will still be the same, for the Lord is not enthused by human grandeur for they are as junk in the His backyard. The only thing precious in His sight is the purity of the heart and the readiness to obey His command. Is it the same with you?
July 7, 2010
Today's verse: Lk. 12:20. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
Yesterday watching TV, I landed on National Geographic and on the program ‘Mega Structures’. They were showing the making of Burj al Arab, the so-called finest hotel in the world, built on an artificial island, off Jumeirah beach in Dubai. It’s presumably the zenith of opulence and human grandeur and exudes the smell of wealth and inane splurging the filthy rich indulge in. I’m not making a mockery of splendor and ‘iconism’ created by man, nor am I sarcastic because it truly is a marvelous feat of human engineering and creative innuendo. By the way this opulence and grandeur is available to experience at the lowest level @ AED 4500 per night not inclusive of 10% city tax and another 10% service tax. Other top hotels offer the same night at about 10 percent of the price.
The narration of the person responsible for designing the hotel and it’s construction , funded by the ruler of the little ‘sheikhdom’ made me think of the vainness of human work and the utter futility of men trying to leave a name behind by creating mega sumptuous structures! A hundred years later it will seem just a simple ordinary piece of work and won’t inspire anyone. Yes, there’re structures that have defied the ravages of time, still standing as megalithic as ever, but the attraction is not the way they’re now; rather they excite the mind as to the amount of effort, money and time taken to build them belying the vision of the person who initiated it…but like Ecclesiastes says, it’s all vanity.
Our discussion isn’t about structures but about God and what we see in these structures vis-à-vis God’s wisdom. As the narrator mentioned the realization of the sheikh’s dream, I thought of the above Scripture; about the fool mentioned there. If you read the entire parable you’ll notice his motive and the motive of the creator of the hotel are not very different and for sure the Lord’s response will still be the same, for the Lord is not enthused by human grandeur for they are as junk in the His backyard. The only thing precious in His sight is the purity of the heart and the readiness to obey His command. Is it the same with you?
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