Today I will be blogging about a topic that has been on my mind a lot lately as I have been reading through the Bible daily. I have been reading the book of Ecclesiastes lately and a theme of the book I discovered.
Some scholars think the author of the book may have be Solomon. While others think it may have been someone else from later in that time period it was written after Solomon.
Throughout the book, the author discusses toiling all day in the fields for nothing under the sun. The theme of work after day is instituted throughout. "There is nothing new under the sun." All things pass away, if we don't have Christ in our life.
The author also points to the fact that all pleasures and possessions in our life as to things that will also pass away in our life. They are not eternal, only temporary in object and desire. Ecclesiastes 2:1 says, "I thought in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good." But that also proved to be meaningless.
Toil being meaningless in life them is rampant throughout the book. The author mentions that if we toil long enough that we will be alone. Though toil is hard, God is our eternal source in life. We will not be alone if we depend on God in our daily work and strife.
We have to remind ourselves to stand in awe of God in all times. Though this life is hard, God is still bigger than us.
The author says Godly wisdom should be something we have to cling to and hold onto. We have to remind ourselves of our dependence on God. His wisdom is the only thing that can bring us life not any worldly things or desires. Ecclesiastes 7:12 says this, "Wisdom is like a shelter, as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor."
We have to cling to God and depend on him daily. Without him in our life, we are nothing. The thing that we take with us when we go to heaven is the depth of our relationship with Jesus Christ.
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