Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.

Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Each of us have been given only one life. What will we do with it? Life. It's not a game.

And in this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes, Scott Pauley will guide us to better

understand the true meaning of life.

One of my favorite American presidents is President Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president.

In fact, my home state of West Virginia became a state during the Civil War through an

order signing by Abraham Lincoln.

I've always enjoyed reading about his life, but Lincoln, like so many other great

leaders in history, dealt with tremendous periods of depression, what many people would

call melancholy.

It was just built into his nature.

He had to deal with it.

In fact, on one occasion, he wrote a

letter to his associate, a man named John Stewart, and he was struggling with some things in his

own mind, and he said these words, I am the most miserable man alive, the most miserable man

in the world. I thought a lot about those words, and of course

he emerged from that period of darkness and depression. But can I tell you who the most miserable

man in the world is? The most miserable man in the world is the man that knows truth and walks away from it.

In fact, I've come to believe the most miserable people on earth are not people who have

never known God.

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