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The Duty of Man

Day 175

Reading: Ecclesiastes 9:1 - Ecclesiastes 12:14

Everyone is in the hands of God. It may not seem so, however, Solomon declares this whilst also making it clear that no matter what you face God is the final judge of our lives. One thing we are encouraged to have is hope. To have an expectancy that no matter how sad life seems let there be an internal expectation that all will be alright. 

The last few chapters of Ecclesiastes is focussed on getting the reader to understand the importance of living for God. The Preacher instructs that one must walk in purity and integrity. His advice to have white garments speaks of having a lifestyle that is pleasing to God. He also advises that your head should never lack oil. He definitely had the understanding that that one reigns in life when anointed to reign. Many today are seeking to reign in life yet they have no anointing to propel them upward. Solomon who married many women urges that a man live joyfully with his wife. A man who practised polygamy didn't advise men to follow him but called on men to live joyfully in a monogamous relationship with his wife.  

Solomon makes an observation that is very startling and very true today. Many believers live beneath the blessing God has ordained for them. Solomon wondered why beggars would be riding while princes walked. David in Psalm 82:6-7 warned that of people who are like gods would die like men and fall like princes. We as believers ought to be careful that our lives are not below what God has ordained us to be. We are called to manifest the blessings of God and to showcase God to the earth. We are empowered to be blessed and to be a blessing yet many don't enjoy this right. 

The Book of Ecclesiastes closes with a call to serve God. He encourages the young to serve God before it becomes hard to serve Him because of the cares of this world. Every young person should put away sorrow, evil from the heart and serve God because anything else is vanity. He concludes by saying that the whole duty of man is to fear God and to keep His commandments for God will judge all our deeds. 

Memory Verse: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Decree:

Ecclesiastes 11:5-6
As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good. (italics mine)
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