“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”~ Eccl. 1:2
Does Ecclesiastes teach life is not worth living—that all of life is gloom? Yes, if you mean living it apart from God. Ecclesiastes is about the everyday world outside of Christianity. Man, in his natural state can never be satisfied. Saint Augustine had it right when he said, “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in thee.”
Putting God in every situation and circumstance is what transforms life from drudgery to delight. Work, play, studies, and social responsibilities all take on a new light when the Creator is put before His creation and creatures. Those who subtract God from their lives are full of pessimism and skepticism. They are a sad lot, not a happy one.
Ecclesiastes exposes the emptiness and shallowness of the world. It weans us from the love of the world by showing us that all the world’s wisdom, wealth and ways are vanity. This little book is a Divine commentary of Jesus’ words, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again.”
The only way the world can fill the Christian’s heart is to evict God from it.
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