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Progressing
through Ecclesiastes is like listening to a good debater. A good debater can debate either side of an
issue, and they know that the truth is actually somewhere in the compromise in
the middle. So it is with
Ecclesiastes. Often we read the latter
chapters and discover that truth lies in the middle ground, not with the
extreme.
For example,
take the story near the end of this chapter about the small city saved by a
poor wise man under the siege of a great king with much resource. It isn’t the resources of the king that
won. It isn’t the power of might of the
king. It isn’t the size of the
city. In that war of attrition, it was
wisdom that triumphed over strength and status.
Lest we
think that wisdom is the answer, though, the author reminds us that death
happens to us all and wisdom cannot escape its grasp. Even the wisest fall victim to random
chance. If someone intends to do us
evil, wisdom cannot always prevent us from becoming the victim of the person
who desires to harm us. Wisdom may be
great, but it isn’t the be-all or end-all.
One
paragraph that I really love in this chapter is the paragraph about spending
life with the person you love. Life is
fun; life is hard. Why go through it
without having people you care about to share it with? God has given us our portion to live in life,
find people who can share your joy and encourage you in it.
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