The Preacher makes realists of us, but he does not leave us there. He gives us hope. He lifts our eyes to God the Father, who points us to His Son, Jesus Christ.

Introducing Ecclesiastes (4 of 5)

In Ecclesiastes the Preacher presents us with the same counsel that God does in the book of Isaiah.

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live…” (Isaiah 55:1–3, NASB95)

Ecclesiastes sorts that out for us—what will satisfy and what will not. And when we give ear to God where does He direct us that we find life abundant, eternal, and free? He points us to Jesus.

That is where Ecclesiastes ultimately directs us—to Jesus. Jesus is God’s answer to a fallen creation. His work of redemption did not just have to do with our salvation. It had to do with the whole created order under the sun, or as we sing in the carol each Christmas, “as far as the curse is found.”

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