That's Life!

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Religion & Spirituality, Education

5 • 725 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Ecclesiastes 12:1-7) If you want to know what life is really like, ask the Creator and Susatiner of it. As the book of Ecclesiastes concludes, God describes life's brevity and frailty. How can you make the most of something so fragile? (09200250819) Keep Studying Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. 👉 Take the next step on your journey with Jesus —start today at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides thousands of Bible studies and resources for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/ Thank You! All new and returning donors will receive FREE access to two of Scott's audiobooks (read by him). You may make a one-time gift or set up a fully customizable recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.
0:15.1	Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
0:24.9	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,
0:31.7	Scott Pauley will guide us to better understand the true meaning of life.
0:39.3	Sometimes I will hear people say when something just goes wrong or doesn't turn out right,
0:45.0	well, that's life. That sounds very pessimistic, doesn't it?
0:49.3	But they mean by that, it's part of living in bodies, in a fallen age, around other centers,
0:58.7	and things don't always go like you think they're going to. That's life. Well, if you really
1:05.4	want to know what life is, ask the one who made it, ask the one who gave it, ask the one who sustains it, ask the one who made it. Ask the one who gave it. Ask the one who sustains it. Ask the one who
1:14.4	described it. And it is described for us, I think, beautifully in the opening seven verses of
1:20.7	Ecclesiastes chapter 12. Would you like to understand life? Would you like to get God's
1:26.9	divine perspective on your life? Well, let's walk through it
1:29.7	today. Ecclesiastes 12 and verse 1. This is right where we picked up or left off last time. Remember now
1:36.0	thy creator in the days of thy youth. While the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when
1:43.1	thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
1:46.5	So let's start here.
1:47.6	First of all, there is the brevity of life.
1:51.7	He refers here to days.
1:53.6	Days so quickly become years, don't they?
1:56.4	And years so quickly move from youth to old age.
2:00.8	We just like a vapor appearing for a little while, vanishing away.
2:06.6	I've marked in my Bible in Ecclesiases 121, the word days and the word years.
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