An Evil Disease

“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.” Ecclesiastes 6:1-2.

If there is one reason you need to give thanks is that, God has given you power to enjoy all that you have. Look at this above scripture, it gave a vivid description of a rich man who has everything yet he cannot reap the reward of all his wealthy labor. Hmmn! No matter your condition, God has not withheld the grace for you to reap your reward.

A common story that we know, that most rich men have one killer disease or the other troubling them in secret. They spend all their life savings on it till death. Such that while they are alive, they are restricted to certain diets, physical activities, regular visit to the doctor and hospitals, and other constraints that will never allow them enjoy the rewards of their labor. It easy to say that devil is responsible for especially if these rich men are involved in some fetish activities or occult group…

Looking at the scripture above, it says, ‘God has not allowed him to enjoy the reward of his labor’. Let’s take examples of how God has dealt with men in this category and why…

First is Nabal, a wealthy man, husband of Abigail. He was an ungrateful person, proud and unthankful. God judge him with death simply because he was ungrateful.

The story happened this thus; 1Samuel 25: 1-44, David and his four hundred hungry men were looking for food, they came across the bountiful cattle of Nabal, rather than oppress his shepherds, David made sure that none of his four hundred men touched the cattle of Nabal despite the hunger. They kept all of Nabal’s cattle safe and secured.

It therefore happened that while Nabal was organizing a business launch of his new products (sheep shearing), David sent his men to pay Nabal a visit, in order to remind him of their good works, giving a faithful testimony why his sheep were safe while it was in the wilderness of Carmel. Nabal didn’t think it well to thank David and his men for safe keeping his sheep. He insulted them and David determined to destroy him. His wife, Abigail quickly blocked David from destroying her family. So David decided not to destroy the house of Nabal, therefore God decided to step into the situation…

‘But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.’ 1Samuel 25: 37-38.

Now, the LORD killed Nabal for being rude to his servant, David from the standing point that he was ungrateful for what David did, and I’m sure God must have been patient with Nabal before now, even in all of his evil ways but the day he met David, God took a decision that will all me learn from.

Another example of the fact that God can withhold man from enjoying the reward of all his labor is one of the parable of Jesus; Luke 12:15-21

This parable Jesus based it on the sin of covetousness, that a man’s life does not consist in all that he has…A rich who had made a huge investment in his business and the estimated profitable returns was enough for his generations, he infact took his earlier investment and reinvested it in his business again and began to boast of his strength, thinking all his riches was by his strength and wisdom. Read what he said below…

‘And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’ Luke 12: 18-19.

The anonymous man in this parable wasn’t just covetous also ungrateful, also, he failed to recognize that God gave him the riches…Read what God said…

‘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? Luke 12: 20

One can easily say that this parable paints a perfect picture of what happened to Nabal who David wanted to kill.

The evil disease is divided into two;

Disease and sickness that make man spend all his life savings on finding a cure to it.
Disease that man is unthankful and ungrateful to God

Another example is the woman with the issue of blood, she was rich to have spent all her wealth for 12 years on a terrible sickness, but she obtained mercy…Read Matthew 9: 20-22

Here is an eye opener, no matter the condition you find yourself, always acknowledge God for his grace, mercy, provision, never think that it is by your power…God bless you.