Ecclesiastes is quite a switch from Revelation!
What is the meaning of life? The writer is wondering; most of us wonder about this from time to time. What is the meaning of life?
Is it to grab as many new and fresh experiences that one can? Is it a quest for knowledge or sensual pleasure?
So much of life is a never-ending circle of this, that or another thing. The writer puts it far more eloquently: Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again (4-7).
Where do I find meaning?
Where do you find meaning? This will be the great question of this book. Ask it! Wonder, think, question, probe your heart and your mind. What makes you tick. What keeps you going? What fills your life and empowers you to live?
Lord, I have found my answer in You… Amen.
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