Hey guys, my name is Johnny Art of Annis, and this is Dialin. In this series on Ecclesiastes,

we are looking at the main themes of one of the most contemporary books in all of Scripture.

I'm thankful for all of those who have been listening to the series from all over the world,

and I pray that the truth of Ecclesiastes would change our perspective

so that we live wisely in our few days under the sun.

In this episode, we are going to move through Chapter 10 before focusing on one of the major

themes in Chapter 11. Let's dial in.

All right, let's regroup.

In our previous episode, our guy Solomon is talking about death again.

His looming end is on the forefront of his mind, and he's going to teach us to live with

the end in mind by not only encouraging us to acknowledge our certain death, but to live in

light of death's uncertain timing.

So Solomon wants you and I to think, if this is true that I'm going to die, but I don't

know when I'm going to die, how should I then live? Should I hide away and mope? No,

Solomon encourages us to go and live hard. What I mean by living hard is to live in such a way

where you get after it to enjoy the gift of life by living it we glorify god by enjoying the gift

of life and by soaking up all of the beauties and blessings that he has extended to us in this world.

Maybe you have viewed with a certain level of ambiguity the idea of eating and drinking

to the glory of God.

Maybe you've thought, how can I have Chipotle to the glory of God?

Solomon says, by enjoying the meal and giving thanks to the God who provides.

Death is looming, enjoy life, be grateful to the giver of it, and live from the vantage point of the grave.

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