From the Rooftop to Repentance

Ecclesiastes 3: The Rhythm of Eternity

We can choose to look up and give thanks to the Lord in the middle of the hard and mundane as much as we give thanks for the laughter and dancing. We can choose to focus on eternity with our Savior and run to the feet of the One who runs it all. We are called to live, breathe, and have our being under the sun according to God’s will with a “beyond the sun” perspective.

Ecclesiastes 2: All Dressed up and Nowhere to go

Our ultimate satisfaction in life comes in the ultimate One who is not far from us. He came for us. He will take our work and our love and our relationships and He will anchor them into eternity. Our lives are filled to the brim with meaning when they are anchored to the One who is beyond the sun - when we are anchored tightly to the Son.

Ecclesiastes 1: When Life Feels Meaningless

For the Christ follower, life is an open door - not a closed circle. There are daily experiences of new blessings from the Lord. We can't explain everything under the sun, but life isn't meant to be built on explanations. Life is built on God's promises. If we open God's Word - God's love letters sent to us straight from heaven - we will see thousands of promises from God that He wants us to trust and apply in our lives while we are here under the sun.

Wisdom begins with Surrender

(1 Kings 3) Jesus is pleased when we want more of Him, and He will answer. He wants to bless us generously with His wisdom, His presence, and His love. He loves us. He is for us. He wants to be near us. And He wants good things for us. He created us for His victory. The victory Jesus died for us to receive. It’s up to us to surrender all, and trust Him in every step every single day. It’s up to us to keep falling more and more in love with Jesus in every exhale He gives us.

From the Rooftop to Repentance

(2 Samuel 11&12; Psalm 51) Like David, we need to choose to stop trying to hide and name the “thing” we are struggling with before the Lord. He loves us and wants to help us. God’s grace gives us the power to run from sin and the restoration we need when we blow it. We need to bring whatever it is we are struggling with from darkness to light before the Lord, confess it before Him, and let Him take the sin. He already has, but it’s up to us to choose to release it to Him.