Folly: The Dead Fly That Spoils Your Life

Ecclesiastes 10:1 provides us with one of the most interesting and unusual warnings in all of the Bible:

“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”

God’s people are to use wisdom to be like sweet-smelling ointment that brings healing to people all around us who are experiencing great hurts in their lives. But only a little bit of folly or foolishness can be like a dead fly that causes that ointment to be both useless and repulsive.

What many people think are “little things” are often very big things.

This message, filled with stories, is a challenge to everyone, but especially to young people. That challenge is to not allow a “little folly” that will:

• Damage one’s testimony
• Ruin their life
• Prevent them from being effective for God