Not in Vain

"Since there are many things that increase vanity, how is man the better? ¹² For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?"

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

Reading through Ecclesiastes is a wondrous reminder of the new covenant we have entered into by faith in Jesus Christ today!  All the questions and wonderings of Solomon the preacher find an answer in our LORD Jesus who is altogether good, provides purpose, guidance and also reveals what is to come.  This world is passing away, but in Christ there is the hope of enduring fruitfulness forever.

While we cannot know what will happen after us under the sun, Jesus taught we ought not worry about tomorrow because sufficient for the day is its own trouble.  The Son of God Jesus came to comfort troubled hearts by faith in Him.  The more we learn and grow, the more we realise we need Jesus today more than ever.  All flesh is as grass and our days pass like a shadow, but the Light of the World Jesus can shine bright through our lives by His grace.

Because Jesus is the Author of life and gives eternal life to all who trust in Him, He knows what is good in this life on earth and in the next.  The command of Jesus for His disciples to follow Him dovetails nicely into what God said previously in Micah 6:8:  "He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"  Praise the LORD our Good Shepherd will guide us now and forever to walk in His ways.

God does more than make a man better because He transforms us, and nothing He does is in vain.  He IS the good in life, the God who endures now and forever.