If you want to take a walk through the human side of life, and get a picture of the range of humanity, read Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon one after another.
These three books are a great passage through the wants and needs of all people seen through God’s perspective.
When God moved men to set the order of the books of the Bible, He had Ecclesiastes placed between Proverbs and the Song of Solomon. These three books could be said to be Solomon’s daily diary.
Proverbs is Solomon’s public journal, the one he’d share with everyone. The Song of Solomon is his Dear Diary, the book he’d hide under his pillow and only read by flashlight under his blanket.
And Ecclesiastes is his notebook about succeeding in life, labor or leisure for all the wrong reasons. This is the manual he’d use in his boardroom as his employee's directives for discipline and motivation.
We want order—that’s Proverbs. In Proverbs, we learn God’s design for proper conduct from childhood, through teen years, our marriage, our years of employment, our retirement, and old age.
We are starving for love—that’s learned in the Song of Solomon. In the Song of Solomon, we learn the heights and depths of a loving relationship between a man and woman and between Jesus and His bride, the church.
King Solomon was the first psychoanalyst. Wanting to know what life was like on earth without God, what purpose does anyone have apart from worshiping God, he gave it a thorough study. That must have been quite a challenge for a man who personally had a conversation with God twice. But laying aside his knowledge, Solomon looked into basic human desire and uncovered the gritty dirt inside of everyone. When concluding his study, in light of eternity, he realized life is way too short and frivolous to ignore God.
And he discovered that we accomplish nothing of lasting purpose apart from a relationship with Almighty God, who loved us enough to send His One and Only Son Jesus to die for us.
Solomon concludes this book telling us what is truly important.
"And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Because God created time, time-wise everything is important even down to every fraction of every second of our lives. God purposed our time for certain use, even our leisure.
If you're in a right relationship with God, then enjoy His presence no matter what you are doing. God enjoys our time spent with Him, wherever we work, or when we play.
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These three books are a great passage through the wants and needs of all people seen through God’s perspective.
When God moved men to set the order of the books of the Bible, He had Ecclesiastes placed between Proverbs and the Song of Solomon. These three books could be said to be Solomon’s daily diary.
Proverbs is Solomon’s public journal, the one he’d share with everyone. The Song of Solomon is his Dear Diary, the book he’d hide under his pillow and only read by flashlight under his blanket.
And Ecclesiastes is his notebook about succeeding in life, labor or leisure for all the wrong reasons. This is the manual he’d use in his boardroom as his employee's directives for discipline and motivation.
Ecclesiastes is the greatest book describing the futility
of the things people think is important.
We want order—that’s Proverbs. In Proverbs, we learn God’s design for proper conduct from childhood, through teen years, our marriage, our years of employment, our retirement, and old age.
We are starving for love—that’s learned in the Song of Solomon. In the Song of Solomon, we learn the heights and depths of a loving relationship between a man and woman and between Jesus and His bride, the church.
The book of Ecclesiastes is an instruction
manual on how to misuse our life!
King Solomon was the first psychoanalyst. Wanting to know what life was like on earth without God, what purpose does anyone have apart from worshiping God, he gave it a thorough study. That must have been quite a challenge for a man who personally had a conversation with God twice. But laying aside his knowledge, Solomon looked into basic human desire and uncovered the gritty dirt inside of everyone. When concluding his study, in light of eternity, he realized life is way too short and frivolous to ignore God.
And he discovered that we accomplish nothing of lasting purpose apart from a relationship with Almighty God, who loved us enough to send His One and Only Son Jesus to die for us.
Solomon concludes this book telling us what is truly important.
"And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all.
For God will bring every work into judgement,
including every secret thing. whether good or evil."
Ecclesiastes 12:12, 13, 14.Because God created time, time-wise everything is important even down to every fraction of every second of our lives. God purposed our time for certain use, even our leisure.
"And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the LORD and not to men" Colossians 3:23.
If you're in a right relationship with God, then enjoy His presence no matter what you are doing. God enjoys our time spent with Him, wherever we work, or when we play.
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