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| “When times are good, be happy…” |
| —Ecclesiastes 7:14a |
Does life without God make sense? King Solomon would argue that it does not. If a human does not have a relationship with God who created that human, then all of life is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Notice what Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 7:13-14:
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.
No human can ever change what God has done. He creates all things. He controls every aspect of life. To do well, humans must connect with God. But, humans are unable, in and of themselves, to connect with God.
Why? Because God is holy and humans are not. Only God can connect with the humans He has created. He choses to do this through His one and only Son, Jesus.
By the sacrifice that Christ made on the cross, the wrath of God is absorbed, the price of redemption is paid, the judgment is satisfied, reconciliation becomes possible, and humans can move forward with an on-going relationship with the God who loves them with His everlasting love.
Apart from God, all life is meaningless. Thus, we can begin this day with thanksgiving that God has chosen us to belong to Himself. That’s all there is. And, that is enough.
