Ecclesiastes: For Our Time is Short - The Brevity and Futility of Life | October 6, 2024

This Sunday we begin a new series studying the Book of Ecclesiastes entitled “For Our Time is Short.” Ecclesiastes is an odd book, even depressing at first reading, but only if you don’t understand its meaning. Written by the wisest man (other than Jesus) to ever live, Solomon was so fully resourced that he was able to explore almost every possibility for happiness and found these pursuits lacking. He then reports on it and says that "everything under the sun is meaningless.” Is that how you feel when you pursue the things of this earth? Life is frustratingly difficult. At the end of the book, Solomon points us to God. He reminds us that since our life is but a vapour, the only hope is pursuing God. I am excited to see what God will do in our lives with this series.