I was just looking online at bathroom vanities. Wow, prices have really shot up! Of course, wood species and other parts dictate final pricing, but a basic 30” solid cedar wood, one-sink vanity started at $1700! A double vanity went to almost $4000 bucks. And that’s without a mirror! Heck, I can buy lots of other stuff for that amount. Bottom line, vanities are expensive!
King Solomon, A.K.A. the Preacher, had a lot to say about vanities. Was he talking about Monkeypod wood species? Was it teak, or IPE? Were they double vanities overlaid with gold and diamond-crusted fixtures? Afterall, He did have gold and silver lying around in abundance like stones or rocks; (2 Chronicles 1:15 AMPC). We’d say, “like loose change.” Not at all! He referred to a different form of vanity.
“Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2).
These days, there is a lot vanity everywhere! Human vanity is very expensive. To be vain is to be prideful. Pride is sin. It’s so powerful, it caused Lucifer’s downfall (Isaiah 14:11), and it’ll cause yours and mine too, if we live by it. More so, it’ll keep us away from God.
Look around and you’ll see it everywhere from show-offs with certain outfits, like ridiculous-priced purses, to watches, to folks who spend fortunes in overnight stays where, regardless of who they are, will fall asleep on a chair or floor, as easily as on a luxurious bed.
That kind of vanity does belong in a bathroom after all! It can be flushed! Does God have any say on it? Yep! “Be content with such things as you have” (Hebrews 13:5).
Rid yourself of vanity, and you’ll be able to look in the mirror and see yourself as God sees you: a loveable child walking in humility, and in need of a Savior. Results? God will exalt you-minus the pride.
God Bless!
Sam