Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay… Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.” – Makes a lot of sense but falls a little short.Solomon concludes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words
“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.”
But one thing many are not aware of, unless you’ve studied the life of Solomon, is that Ecclesiastes is the last book he wrote and it’s written by a man basically in a backslidden state. Solomon started out well but ended terribly. This is a book written by a man who has lost his way. Also don’t forget, although Solomon was anointed, a great king and had great wisdom, he was not born-again. I personally believe that at this point in his life, he had lost most if not all of the anointing of God upon his life because by the time of this writing he had married hundreds of pagan women and even engaged in the worship of other gods! I hope he made it to heaven because he did not end well!
