Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Ecclesiastes 5 starts with yet another attempt to try to find meaning in this life – religiosity (religiosity = religion without relationship). The "sacrifice of fools" is thinking that just going through religious motions wins the favor of God, but God has said all along that that kind of sacrifice/worship isn’t what He expects or wants (1 Samuel 15:22). We need to take our communication with God seriously, recognizing that He is God and we are not; He is in heaven and we are on earth. Ritualistic religiosity does not impress God – sincerity and faith do. We pray for a fresh view of God to be able to stand before Him in humility and bow before Him in awe.