At some point in your life, potentially multiple times, you’ll ask yourself, “Is this all there is?!?” We have spent countless hours, exhausted our resources, and put all of our efforts into climbing to the top of the proverbial mountain. Once we’ve reached the top, we often wonder, “Is this all I’ll ever have? Is this all there is worth living for?”
Ecclesiastes shows us a man who lived through this process and came out on the other side with a wiser, more seasoned perspective. When we’re surrounded by the temptation to proclaim life’s ultimate emptiness, we can find in Ecclesiastes a vision tempered by experience and ultimately seen through divinely colored lenses. Life is destined to remain unsatisfying apart from our recognition of God’s intervention. It only remains to be seen whether or not we will place our trust in His sure and able hands.