Solomon was not just a smart man he was a wise man. Not only is he wise and blessed with this gift, he apparently has anything anyone could ever want. He is the most unhappy person even though he has everything a man could want. Your born, you grow, you decay, you die. How can a man who has that kind of resource at his fingertips still complain? This tells us that having it all doesn't mean anything, having nothing doesn't mean anything. Smart people can still be griping people, and wise people don't always make good decisions. He is worn out by life, and when he looks around at nature it is reminding Solomon there is just a cycle of life. The trees grow and die, we grow and we die, water runs into the sea and yet the sea is not full. Life is just a cycle. What Solomon said is partially true, the outline of life is all the same, we are born, we grow, we decay and we die. But the secret in life is not in the outline of life, but it is in the details of life that determines whether it's going to be a good day or a bad day. No one can mess this the details in your life but YOU. I am what I am because I want to be what I am. Solomon as smart as he was, got hung up on the outline, and didn't think about changing the details. The outline is set, but the details are the key to our life. Solomon's biggest problem was when he started living for himself. He said "I" 43 times in the first 2 chapters and only referenced God 4 times. Life had become about nothing other than himself. When I make life about me, I not only make myself miserable, I make everyone around me miserable. We want to know what's wrong in our lives, it's because we talk about all that is wrong in our lives and not the things that are right. The first problems was it was all about him, the second problem was that he began to compare. The quickest way to wreck your life is to begin comparing. In the entire book of Ecclesiastes, you will not find the words, thanks, thankfulness, and happy. Joy was only mentioned 4 times. Even is Solomon's griping he said something that is true and positive. There are 3 keys that are elements to a good happy life. 1. You have to learn to be a receiver in life. Everyone knows how to take, not everyone knows how to receive 2. Greater receivers must be generous givers. What the rivers bring in, it returns to the clouds to produce rain. Life is not lost when it is given away. 3. In order for all of the above to happen, the receiving and the giving, you have to stay open to the influence of the sun. The only kind of life that is ever going to be blessed it the one who is open to the influence of God. It teaches us to give and receive. My giving and my life becomes abundantly blessed when I learn to live under the son of all suns. Had it been turned around where he mention God 44 times and himself 4 times it would have been a different book. But it was not that way. There is going to be days where you have to fight to get under the sunlight. But if you will there is something that happens when your are under the Son.
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