Let your words be few

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words. When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. - Ecclesiastes 5:1‭-‬7 ESV 

Rev. Dan Whang

Meaning for life under the sun is found when we relate to our Creator in worship

Come to listen

We may have come to God today bringing the sacrifice of fools. What is the sacrifice of fools? It is coming with our own wisdom and self focused. Coming to worship with our hearts far from God. 

God is in heaven, He is so high above us. We should come to Him respectfully, waiting to hear from Him. 

Keep your vows

We are to live lives of integrity. We are to do as we say. In old testament days, it was customary for worshippers to vow to bring sacrifices or give gifts to God. It was a way to curry favor with God. But for us, it is a question of how we handle our commitments. Do we fulfill our promises even when they are costly and uncomfortable? Do we let our words lead us into sin? When we speak we are reflecting the image of God. He spoke the world into being. So we need to use our words to build up, encourage, and love one another

Fear the Lord

Live in a reverential affection & respect for God, both in the house of worship and in our daily lives. We need to acknowledge his ability to smite us as well as his unending grace and mercy day by day. A fool who utters too many words thinks too much of himself and too little of God. A fool's life is filled with many dreams and busyness. But a life lived before God is one lived in awe & affection for God, He is our ultimate value and He fills our lives with meaning and propose. We love in expectation that one day He will take us home.