319 Ecclesiastes 8 – 12; 1 Peter 1
Part of the job of wisdom is to interpret the meaning of life. The other part of the job is to then craft a life full of meaning based upon that interpretation. The first part then is very important, because if you do not get the interpretation right, the building of that life will be wrong. Who is in control? The king who is now the Quester is letting us in on the biggest truth of all--God is in control and not us. The King--not a peasant is telling us--give up--you are not in control. This is coming from one who would have a lot of control. Then the preacher turns his attention to the fact that all suffer the some fate--death. In the face of these two truths, we are not in control and we are all going to die--seize life. What?!?! Yea, you heard the preacher. Get on with living and stop worrying. Go to the end of the book and it really makes sense as to what the teacher is going after. In the end, "Fear God. Do what He tells you." The Westminster Catechism tells us that, "The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." The life that God has given you--live it! Live that life for the Lord.
Peter lets us in on a little secret. In the end, God will find our faith more important than our possessions. Peter had lost his faith when he needed it most. It is no wonder that he starts right off the bat telling us to hang onto our faith, it is very precious. Peter points us to the fact that Jesus is coming back and we should be ready. The pattern of evil that we once attended to needs to be avoided at all costs. In light of Christ's return live a life that is wholly given over to our Savior. Amen.
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