Worship for Today: Fulfilment in our inheritance!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ecclesiastes 1:4-9,

"Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

 

"Round and round it goes..." The world we live in continues on as it has done for millennia. Solomon wrote this three millennia ago! He finds existence here in this life, "under the sun", wearisome where people just cannot satisfy their appetites. As Solomon writes on he will point to the reality that though the world goes round and round, we have a very short shelf-life, bringing him frustration and vexation.

 

I firmly believe the point behind Ecclesiastes is to help prepare us for the gospel message. Solomon takes an honest look at this life, "under the sun" and points to its futility, "Meaningless! Meaningless!" "A chasing after the wind." The human heart yearns for existence, purpose, meaning and happiness. What many folks shy from, Solomon faces boldly. Those important issues man yearns for simply cannot be found here in this life at a satisfying level. Our yearning, properly focused, should cause us to look elsewhere. Others have and have found what they looked for. The Scriptures speak of an inheritance for all those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith. An inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade, promised and reserved for us in heaven by God.

 

Here is found the purpose for which our God created us! Here is where justice and equity reign! Here is where happiness is found! No more sickness, pain or death. No more disappointment, no more deprivation. Fulfilment of our greatest desires await us in our rich inheritance purchased for us by our loving Savior! 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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