What Are You Living For?

    On September 30th we began a new sermon series entitled, “What Are You Living For?” This series of messages comes from the Book of Ecclesiastes. This book of the Bible was written by King Solomon, the wisest person to ever live in all of Israel. In fact, Solomon wrote three books in the Old Testament that covered three phases in his life. When he was young and in love, he wrote the Song of Solomon: A Book of Romance. When he was middle aged he wrote Proverbs: A Book of Rules, with emphasis on the practical problems of life. And when Solomon was old he wrote Ecclesiastes: A Book of Regrets. This Book is his record for the search for meaning in life. And in the end, he concludes that apart from God, all of life is vanity, hopeless futility. Power, prestige, pleasure, wealth, wisdom, work, wild living—none of these, under the sun, can fill the God shaped void in the human heart. That’s the message of this book and the focus of this new series.

    “But wait a minute brother Royce, didn’t you say that he was the wisest man in all of Israel? How could this be? If he was so wise, why did he go off searching for meaning in all these hopeless things?” That’s a good question that brings me to a great truth we all need to know: The place of your greatest strength will often be the place of your greatest weakness. Think about it. Noah was a man of purity yet ended up getting drunk. Abraham was a man of great faith, yet he doubted God and went with Hagar to have a son. Moses was meek and mild, yet he got angry and struck the rock. Peter was bold and courageous, yet he ran like a coward. And here, Solomon was a man of great wisdom, yet he turned into a fool and did foolish things.

     Understand, where you are weak, you will keep your guard up. But where you are strong, you will tend to depend on your own abilities, and that’s where you will fall. To be continued, each and every Sunday morning throughout October. See you there!

                                                                                    In Christ,

                                                                                    Bro. Royce Hendry