Life Summed Up in a Sentence

Read Ecclesiastes 7

This will probably be a short one today, but that's alright.

Verses 1-14 are basically saying to live by. Study them, and follow them, I promise your life will be more fulfilling. Not easier, fulfilling.

The entirety of the chapter, book, and one of the major questions of life is all summed up at the end of the chapter.

God made us all upright, and all of us screw it up.

Verse 20 tells us that no one is upright, everyone has sinned. Solomon has looked throughout the earth and has seen that everything bad that happens is a result of sin in the world. I'm no talking karma, I'm talking the effects of sin. 

He searched throughout his life and saw these two things. God has made us all upright, we screwed it up, and we means everyone who has ever lived, is living, and will live.

He looked for the meaning of life and all he saw was we screw up. And because we all screw up there is no discrimination between the good and bad, the wise and the foolish. We all die the same. The question of "Why do the good die young?" is asked all the time. Look at the big red letters up top then read verse 20. It is because of sin that the good die young and the wicked prosper. Yet when it comes to death, it touches us all, and it distinguishes no one. 

So why not live the life of the wicked? You'll get whatever you want, you'll live longer, life will just be better. Well the last two posts were about accepting your lot in life, with what you have and what you don't have. God has given it all to you, so why are you saying that what GOD has given you isn't good enough? 

Instead of seeking more stuff, go after wisdom. One guy with wisdom is better than 10 guys with brawn. 10 strong guys will try to crush the wise man, yet if he can out think them, he has the advantage. So there is no point to do evil, no point to want more stuff, you gain absolutely nothing from it. Being wise is a reward in and of itself. So why live the YOLO lifestyle and recklessly and gaining nothing?

Instead seek wisdom, seek God himself. You'll never reach the end of it, so your journey and adventure will never end. It will be the most rewarding thing you will ever do, and you will understand more and more along the way.