Ecclesiastes: SatisfiedFlies, Snakes and BirdsJune 30, 2013Please turn in you Bibles to Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20Today’s Goal: recognizing that foolishness in making decisions or taking actions undercuts the strength of wisdom. It’s urgent that we learn to use wisdom as we navigate our way through life.Flies (9:13-10:4): Foolish decisions are like a fly in the ointment.“The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong…”Ecclesiastes 9:11Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.” ”Brains are better than brawn.” Ecclesiastes 7:19 App: to be receptive to wisdom no matter whom it may come fromSnakes (10:5-11): Foolish actions bite like a snake.App: What are those areas in life that you need to sharpen in order to be most effective? Birds (10:12-20): Untamed tongues and stool-pigeonsApp: Guard your thoughts and words “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?