Sunday, March 12, 2017

Ecclesiastes 6:4 says, For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.  Solomon continues to speak about the vanity of wealth.  We may come into the world feeling from the time that we are old enough to understand anything that somehow we deserve to have more materially than anyone else, but this amounts to nothing in God's eyes.  When we die, our names will be covered with darkness.  Even if we are one of the few who are remembered by most people, we still go away into death, or darkness in this world.  Verse five says, Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.  Matthew Henry says this applies to one who dies at birth.  They never see the sun, but they go to eternal rest without having to endure the pains of this world. Still, even with all the problems in life, we should thank God just for our life here on earth, and do our best to live for Him daily.   Verse six says, Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?  I have known a few people who lived to be over a hundred, but Solomon said even if a person lived two thousand years, they go to the same place as one who died at birth.  They go to the grave and then stand before God.  I cannot imagine living two thousand years and seeing nothing good, but if we remember that Solomon was talking about those who look to material things for purpose instead of looking to God, then no matter the number of years lived, they never see anything as good.  We will never find everlasting hope outside of the will of God.  Verse seven says, All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.  I believe Solomon is saying that if everything a person works for in this world is for material things, then that person is never going to be satisfied.  If we do nothing to feed the soul, then nothing in life is ever going to satisfy us.  As followers of Christ, we need to seek to feed the soul, the spiritual relationship with God, instead of concentrating on the physical.  Our ambition should be to live under the leadership of God.

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