All Glory to God for His revelation on this chapter 2, part 2.

Because the Lord does what He does, and provided my NEW COMPUTER - im getting used to it so it SHUTS DOWN at 48 minutes! This is verse 16-26 , of the live recording. It has been cut/edited to complete the hour of recording time done. We hope this blesses you.

Part 3 will be available next week!

This.

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Is episode 36 where we are continuing

the Sound Mind series and we are reading

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through the book of Ecclesiastes, I I hope

that you guys have enjoyed this very long

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podcast on Ecclesiastes chapter two, part.

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two,

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Oh Lord.

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Okay.

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This brand new computer just fell

asleep on me, so I'm sorry I wasted

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30 seconds or getting it back on Matt.

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48 minutes of talking and

we're in verse 16, verse 17.

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Therefore, I hated life because the work

that was done under the sun, of course,

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under the sun was distressing to me for

all is vanity and grasping for the when.

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Thank you Solomon for wrapping it

up for us with a tight little bow.

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I'm glad you finally

came to that realization.

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Verse 17.

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Therefore, I hated life because

the work that was done under the

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sun was distressing to me for

all is vanity and grasping for.

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The wind.

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Sorry, I said sun the first time.

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Grasping for the wind.

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He had all the riches.

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I remind you, verse four through

seven, he had all the riches.

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He, according to him, I made works great.

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He had the, the Midas touch,

whatever you wanna call it.

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He built houses, planted vineyards,

had orchards, maid, servants,

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whatever you wanna call it.

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I'm sure he had a thousands of wives.

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I'm not even sure I'll go back to that.

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I'm sorry.

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However, he still hated life.

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Why did he hate life?

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I'll leave that question right

here for, for later chapters.

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Why did he hate life

having all of these things?

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Verse four through seven.

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I already know the answer because

I finally learned that today.

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Reading through this verse 18.

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Then I hated all my labor in which I had

toiled under the sun because I must leave.

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I must leave it to the man

who will come after me.

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And that's very true.

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You live, you die.

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And then who comes after you is

going to stay with everything.

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And that's actually a

note that I had in here.

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Solomon realizes all his work,

all things will stay behind.

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So what was all that worrying going to do?

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I, I could actually use that myself.

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Like I'm a worrier, not I, well I

am a wor also on different things.

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But I am a worrier.

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I worry about everything, have checklists

for a lot of things that I have to do.

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It works for some people,

doesn't work for other people.

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But at the same time, it's going

against what God already has for you.

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And he had the exact same thought.

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But you know what?

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I know that a little

bit of the difference.

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Well, I know the difference

now, not a little bit.

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'cause I have Jesus now.

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He didn't have Jesus.

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At the time, he was way before Jesus.

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So he toiled with that because

he had to leave it to the man who

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will come after me, after him.

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Verse 19, we're almost

done you guys, I promise.

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And who knows whether he

will be wise or a fool?

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So even after all of that, you don't know

if you're gonna be wise or if you're gonna

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be a fool after having to work your entire

life, after having to leave it all behind.

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He didn't know if he was

gonna be wise or a fool.

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So I'm understanding verse 19, when

he passes, is he gonna be wise and

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be doing good in the eyes of God?

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Or is he going to be a fool and

be sinful and then go elsewhere?

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Which I'm sure he didn't really

understand at that moment, or that

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he was gonna feel the wrath of

God and be a fool in God's eyes.

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I feel like that's what he's

trying to say with verse 19.

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There.

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And who knows whether he

will be wise or a fool.

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Yet he will rule over all my labor

in which I toiled and in which I have

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shown myself wise, under the sun.

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So he's gonna be either wise or a fool,

and then whoever is going to stay with

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all of those things, that person is

going to rule over all of his labor.

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Yet you're worried now about

your work and about leaving

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things better for that person.

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He finishes verse 19 by

saying, this is also vanity.

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Okay, Solomon, I understand you.

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Why?

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Because I, like I said again, I've also

been living in the flesh, living in sin.

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This is also vanity, worrying, not

understanding that God is in control,

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that God has that plan for you.

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Letting it all be in God's hands.

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Understanding that what you have

and be grateful for all of those

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things that you have is from God.

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So me, myself, having control of life

here on earth, that was also vanity

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'cause I was worrying about something

that is already planned out for me.

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Verse 20, therefore, I turned my

heart and despaired of all the labor

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in which I had toiled under the sun.

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So he turned his heart.

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So I'm assuming he, he was a little bit

older here when he turned his heart.

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So he stopped using his heart and

because he was just in so much despair

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and because of the labor that he had

done, he was that he toiled under the sun.

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Like he just, he was tired of it.

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So he turned his heart.

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From that, he finally, finally

understood and he stopped.

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Thinking and perceiving things with his

heart, but now he's moving on to wisdom.

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Verse 21, for there is a man

whose labor is with wisdom.

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Wow.

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Okay.

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I just said that context,

or I just understood.

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Verse 20 for what he's saying

in verse 21, verse 21 again, for

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there is a man whose labor is with

wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and

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I have this following part circled.

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Yet he must leave his heritage to a man

who has not labored for it heritage.

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I can also, you know, you can also call

that inheritance in Solomon's case,

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his gold, his land, his everything that

he had since that, that he apparently

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made himself but didn't accept the

fact that it was from the Lord.

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Verse 21, for there is a man whose labor

is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill.

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Yet he must leave his heritage to a man.

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Who has not labored for it.

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This is also vanity and great evil.

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Verse 22, for what has man for all his

labor and for the striving of his heart

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with which he has toiled under the sun.

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So what does a man have

for all of his labors?

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Like what do you have to look

back on after all that work?

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Are you gonna look back on sin?

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Are you gonna look back on mirth, that

very superficial joy and laughter?

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Are you gonna look back on all of that?

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Are you gonna know that you understood

that everything in your life was from

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God and just be grateful for that?

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Are you gonna look back on that or are

you gonna perceive it in a different way?

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Are you gonna strive with your heart?

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Are.

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The heart that has allowed you to

toil under the sun that has allowed

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you to question everything as

long as you've been under the sun.

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Verse 23, for all his days are sorrowful.

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Your days are going to be sad.

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He's telling you right here, he

understood that for all your days are

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sorrowful and his work burdensome, even

in the night, his heart takes no rest.

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Your heart is not going to be still.

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This is also vanity for all his days

are sorrowful and his work burdensome.

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Even in the night, his

heart takes no rest.

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This is also vanity.

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Be still

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verse 24.

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Nothing I have, I actually have this

completely, um, circled this entire verse

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and I wrote here, what did

I write here on the side?

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The goal in life.

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Okay.

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All right.

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I guess, Adam, I'm not sure if I

wrote this the first time I read it

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or today, but verse 24, I have circled

and then I put the goal in life.

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Maybe this was Solomon's goal.

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Maybe this is mine.

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I'm not sure.

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Let's see.

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Verse 24.

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Nothing is better for a man than that.

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He should eat and drink and that his

soul should enjoy good in his labor.

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This also I saw was from the hand of God.

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Okay.

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Okay, so yes, the goal in life.

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Mm, okay.

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This is also I saw was from the hand

of God, so he finally understood this.

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Also, I saw, I'm assuming here he is not

using his heart and he's using his, his

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wisdom that he actually put to use that.

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Nothing is better for a man than that.

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He should eat and drink.

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Where did that Eden drink come from?

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From his labor, but who

gave him that labor?

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Who gave him that?

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Who provided that?

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God did and that his soul.

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Now he's talking about souls.

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He's now talking about hearts.

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He's talking about his soul

should enjoy good in his labor.

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The first few verses,

all he said was heart.

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Now he's s saying his soul, nothing

is better than a man, than that he

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should eat and drink and that his

soul should enjoy good in his labor.

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This also meaning that

whole little verser.

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This also I saw was from the hand

of God, verse 25, from who can eat

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or who can have enjoyment more than

I, I is capital in verse 25, because

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right there, that's the Lord speaking.

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It is a question, actually, more than

I question mark 25, for who can eat

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or who can have enjoyment more than I.

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Question mark.

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Verse 26 says, for God gives.

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Hmm.

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Thank you for wrapping that up.

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For God gives wisdom and knowledge and

joy to a man who is good in his sight.

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But to the sinner, he h God, he gives the

work of gathering and collecting that he

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may give to him who is good before God.

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This also is vanity and

grasping for the wind.

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So in essence, he finally, finally

acknowledges that God is our provider

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of wisdom, knowledge, and joy to a man,

a man who is good in his sight because

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he's not leading with the flesh He.

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Allowing God to do the work in his life.

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He's allowing God to guide him.

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Therefore, God is providing the

wisdom, the knowledge, the joy

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and all that he needs because he's

good in God's sight and his sight.

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But to the sinner like Solomon, when he

was young, and I'm assuming also in old

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age, but to the sinner God, he gives the

work of gathering and collecting meaning.

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The labor God gives, the sinners,

the labor gathering and collecting

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all of these things that we're not

going to understand that are from Him.

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Only to feel that sorrow in our hearts,

not our soul in our hearts, and not

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want to leave it behind to someone

else, not leave our heritage behind

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to a man who has not labored for it.

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So last sentence,

reading it one more time.

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Last verse 26.

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For God gives wisdom and knowledge

and joy to a man who is good in

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his sight, but to the sinner.

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He gives the work of gathering

and collecting that he may give

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to him who is good before God.

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So perhaps the person that comes after you

is better because they know where all of

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these things are coming from, from God.

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Why?

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Because they were probably

good in his sight anyway.

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This is also vanity and

grasping for the wind.

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Guys, I've been reading for an hour.

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Today was supposed to be

chapter three also, but I am

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not going to do chapter three.

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I am recording this finally

weaning off my medications.

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I think from today in the morning.

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I feel exhausted, but I

also feel so much joy.

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In what I was reading I just wanna

wrap it up because I can't believe

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I didn't understand any of this

the way that I just explained it

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and understood it until today.

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So I really hope that you guys have

enjoyed this very long podcast Until

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next time, my friends take care.