DAYS OF OUR LIVES (3 OF 10)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-14
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Days of Our Lives
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 3:1–14
We're in week three of a 12-week series we've titled "The Good Life." We're looking at a very heavy, sometimes pessimistic, book about regrets and remorse, in which aged King Solomon is looking back at his life, asking the question: where is the good life to be found?
Last week we saw him go through a whole laundry list of places where he had thought the good life could be found. Was it in parties? No. Was it in punch lines? No. Was it in possessions, pleasure or prestige? The answer again was no. No matter how much the world advertises these things will bring contentment and fulfillment, nothing in this world can bring the satisfaction we're looking for.
This morning we're going to pivot to a great passage of Scripture. After bursting our bubble last week-or if you prefer, popping the balloon of our thinking-Solomon now encourages us to look at the totality of human existence. He does this in a poetic way, a way that sis o connected to our lives that these words are captured in a song. For those of us who are older, when we read these words, we start thinking, "Turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn." Those of you under the age of 40 probably have no idea what I'm talking about.
What we have in this text is Solomon's version of the microcosm of human existence. Let's look at our verses today and glean four characteristics about life from them. Then I also want to give you three takeaways as we move into our time of communion.
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain ...
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 3:1–14
We're in week three of a 12-week series we've titled "The Good Life." We're looking at a very heavy, sometimes pessimistic, book about regrets and remorse, in which aged King Solomon is looking back at his life, asking the question: where is the good life to be found?
Last week we saw him go through a whole laundry list of places where he had thought the good life could be found. Was it in parties? No. Was it in punch lines? No. Was it in possessions, pleasure or prestige? The answer again was no. No matter how much the world advertises these things will bring contentment and fulfillment, nothing in this world can bring the satisfaction we're looking for.
This morning we're going to pivot to a great passage of Scripture. After bursting our bubble last week-or if you prefer, popping the balloon of our thinking-Solomon now encourages us to look at the totality of human existence. He does this in a poetic way, a way that sis o connected to our lives that these words are captured in a song. For those of us who are older, when we read these words, we start thinking, "Turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn." Those of you under the age of 40 probably have no idea what I'm talking about.
What we have in this text is Solomon's version of the microcosm of human existence. Let's look at our verses today and glean four characteristics about life from them. Then I also want to give you three takeaways as we move into our time of communion.
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain ...
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