Read: Ecc. 7-12
Ecclesiastes 7 should be read at every funeral. I have been thinking much about death lately because there have been several people who have gone to their eternal home lately. One was older, one midlife and the last one was on her way to college. When I was praying for the family the youngest one God gave me this thought. How sad would it be if the parents of this young girl got mad at God and stayed bitter their whole life. She was lifted out of this world of pain and suffering and given her reward early. When her parents get to heaven they will see that she was the lucky one and their blame of God was in vain. I don’t know the parents so I don’t know their reaction but I pray they can understand how blessed their daughter is and how she wouldn’t want them to be anything but happy for her. We cannot understand death but God does and it doesn’t scare Him so it shouldn’t scare us.
Solomon studied men and came to the conclusion that good and bad happen to both the godly and the wicked. A good man can spend his life doing good things but if he adds a little folly to his life, his reputation will be ruined.
Your position in life is not always the reward of your godliness. There are evil men in high places and godly men among the homeless. But if you invite trouble it will come.
At the end of Solomon’s writings he whittled it down to this one thing: fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man. It is just that simple.
Lord, help us to always come back to the simplicity of loving You and obeying Your Word.
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