27/03/2021
Monday, I was asked to lead a Bible study on Ecclesiastes 7 & 8. I’ve read Ecclesiastes through a couple of times before, so I was familiar with the concept of the book, but to refresh my memory, I watched this video by The Bible Project:
https://youtu.be/lrsQ1tc-2wk
Additionally, I read chapters 1-6 in preparation so that I would have the proper context as we went into a talk through the different sections of 7 and 8. Then it hit me...
The Lord was preparing my heart for what was about to happen. Loss.
Time. Death. That’s what this book is about. But at the same token, it’s also about life, appreciation, integrity, seeing beyond possessions and success and tuning in to what, or rather Who, really matters.
As I prepare my heart for a funeral next week, I grow appreciative of the thoughtfulness that funerals provoke. it’s not a celebration of death, so please do not misunderstand, but there’s something about the way you think about your relationships and the people you care about that changes when you are face-to-face with having to cope with the loss of a person you care about.
I thank God for the time He has given me with all of you, and I pray He helps me to take as much pleasure as I can in the rest of the time He gives me with His people, with loved ones, with the lost.
Time. We are all subject to it. We are all given varying amounts of it.
Death. It is a given that we all are appointed t succomb to it, as we are not immortal.
There IS something better about the days at the end of your life that you don’t have at the beginning: a reputation, experiences, relationships, lessons...
Let’s learn more and more to be humble, and to let the Lord teach us as much as possible so that we can be effective Kingdom agents for His glory
Watch our overview video on the book of Ecclesiastes, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. This book forces us to face ...