For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:20 – While we are seeing Solomon speak about the Lord in this chapter quite a bit, keep in mind that he still is working with an “under the sun” mentality. Meaning all that matters is what’s happening in this life, not what matters in the life to come. Solomon is still seeing the meaninglessness of everything in this life with this “under the sun” mentality. In this chapter we see him speaking to the wealthy and showing how pointless wealth really is. Wealth can be lost in an instant, wealth can destroy you if kept with clinched fists, and the more wealth you have the more responsibilities you have to worry about too. Certainly true and wise words from Solomon, who had more money than he could ever spend, yet he still gave this further advice. To eat, drink, and find as much enjoyment in this life with whatever you do have for there is nothing beyond it. As our verse above says, just keep busy with the pleasures so you don’t remember the pointless nature of this life. What a depressing way to exist, just to do whatever you can in this world to block out the thoughts that there is nothing beyond it. Yet God isn’t about that sort of life. God longs for us to acknowledge the eternal aspect of our lives. Everywhere in scripture we are reminded that there is more to this life than what this world has for us. All throughout creation God is revealing and reminding us that life is more than just this life. The enemy would love for you to focus on blocking out the reminders of your eternal nature, but God’s heart is for you to dwell on it constantly. Your life is more than this life on earth, don’t let the things of this world keep you from seeing that truth. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3390
Question To Ponder: Why is remembering your life is eternal important?
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