Stealing vs Laboring (Ephesians 4:28)

On the one hand it is very easy for us to say that not stealing is pretty easy.  I mean, we might not struggle with literally shop lifting, or maybe we don’t struggle with smashing a window to steal something out of a shop.  If we do struggle with shop lifting it is pretty easy to acknowledge that is sin because the government will punish for such action.  However, how does this law penetrate deeper into the heart?  Where do we all struggle to live out this command?  How do we positively submit to the Lord?

Random Musings (Ecclesiastes 10:1-20)

The preacher in Ecclesiastes as been accused of being a cynic.  It is easy to pick a few passages and claim that the preacher is undermining wisdom.  We can see that the preacher does not believe you can put God in a box, but does the preacher esteem wisdom?  Is there a benefit to pursuing and desiring wisdom?  Or is the preacher one who really believes that wisdom is just a waste of time?