GATHERING
SUNDAY AT 10Am
1800 BLANDING ST
KIDTOWN IS AVAILABLE FOR KIDS
AGE 6 WEEKS TO 5TH GRADE
DURING THE 10AM GATHERING
CURRENT SERIES
Ecclesiastes |
And the Power to Enjoy
In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon pulls no punches. Though he has access to more wealth, prestige, experiences–though he has more accomplishments than most humans ever will–he finds the end result of them all severely lacking. “Vanity,” he says. Meaningless. A striving after the wind.
In chapter 5, he notes there is a difference between having wealth and possessions and “power to enjoy them” (Eccl 5:19). The whole book seeks to answer the question, how do we, as finite humans who all face the certainty of death, get the power to enjoy the imperfect lives we have?
The only answer, which we’ll trace through the major movements of the book, is to live with a perspective that is beyond the sun, rather than under the sun. To have our eyes set on the eternal, not the earthly.
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