Today: [Ecclesiastes 9] What Really Matters? In chapter 9 of Ecclesiastes Solomon declares the vanity of the false value systems that seek to occupy our minds throughout life. All around us there are authorities and influences demanding that we pay attention to what they insist is the most important things of life (usually to their own enrichment and our impoverishment). What is really important. Through Ecclesiastes Solomon’s wisdom expresses itself in the light of man’s brief mortality and this chapter is no exception. In light of eternity and the brevity of life what is really important? How do we identify the shallow concerns of immaturity and live our life fully in service to the honor and majesty of the one that bought us?
