Verses: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
My thoughts about the
verses:
What is to come to the
knowledge that we gain throughout our lifetime?
Is it to our reward or to those of the next generation? Is it not true that those that work their
whole life to learn secrets of life will die not knowing the truth? They search for things that they will never
understand that they have found. It is
the generations that follow that gain understanding from their toils.
This can be a very
confusing concept. How is it we can work
all of our life yet never find what we were looking for? Think of it this way what we are searching
for is right in front of us, but because we are looking everywhere else we miss
it. We do not see the joy in our life
because we waste our life trying to find joy.
Yet, those that come after us are able to see what we have discovered
and are able to say this is the joy that they had. Not realizing the generation before never
fully realized their joy.
This is the humanness of
the mind. We are always searching for things
that we think will make us happy. How
many people really ever find the key to happiness? This is what we see from these verses. That we can live our life striving for
something and miss the happiness we would have had if we just stopped and
enjoyed what we had.
Think about the great
minds of the past. How much time did they
spend finding out things that we now seem as common knowledge? Did they ever realize that they held the key
to their endeavor in their hand? Did
they continue looking because they thought there was more to gain than what
they had?
Our humanness leads us
down this path yet we do have a way of stopping the cycle of desire. We can accept that there is nothing that we
can do or learn on our own which will make us happy. We can come to accept that we need to allow
Jesus to be the redemption of our life.
When we come to accept that Jesus holds the key to all the happiness in
the world our life can change. We can
discover what was right in front of our eyes was the blessings of the Messiah.
You can imagine Solomon
trying to discover all the hidden secrets of life. He was blessed with wisdom and was trying his
best to use it to find what he needed out of life. Yet, the more that he learned the more he
learned he was not happy. He felt as if
he was wasting his life away yet he could not understand why.
What he was missing is
the key of salvation. Those that come to
accept the key of salvation open their lives up to happiness. It doesn’t mean they will be joyful every day
of their life. It doesn’t mean that they
will never struggle. Yet, it does mean
that their soul has found its hiding place.
No matter what is going on in our life if we have Jesus we have
comfort. God will be there protecting us
and helping us make it through the day.
The greatest part of salvation
is that it doesn’t take great wisdom to achieve it. It doesn’t take great works to be saved. It does take love to be saved. It takes acceptance to be saved. The love and acceptance of Jesus as your Savior
are the two things you must do. Jesus
has already used the key when you love Jesus and accept Jesus as your Savior
you have the gift. You have the comfort
in your life. You have the peace in your
live. You most importantly have eternal
life.
Prayer:
We thank you for giving
us the key to our Salvation. We thank
you for going through the lock and dying so that we may be forgiven. We praise you for rising out of the tomb so
that we may free. Help us to always
remember these things. Help us come to
love and accept you for you have already love and accepted us. In the name of the Risen Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you been searching for the questions of life? Have you asked Jesus for the answer? Have you accepted the gift of salvation? What do you need to do today to let go of
your past and grab hold of your savior?
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