WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.919 Please turn back in your Bibles to Ecclesiastes 11, page 559 if you've closed your Bibles. 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:09.179 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.060 To us in the experience of our lives and the realities that we face, we ask that you would 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:43.320 do this for Jesus' sake. 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:44.539 Amen. 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.460 Well, we're all in search of a good life. 00:00:50.620 --> 00:00:51.340 That's what we want. 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:58.940 That's what those of you that are younger and are looking ahead and thinking about universities 00:00:58.940 --> 00:01:04.200 and futures and careers, really the goal is a good life. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:07.240 You want to live well in the world. 00:01:07.580 --> 00:01:10.540 That's what politicians are always promising us. 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.260 They say, if you vote for me, we will give you a good life. 00:01:14.260 --> 00:01:20.700 We will deliver the sorts of things that will give your life the sort of meaning and purpose 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:21.900 and joy that you want. 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:26.180 That's what Rachel Reeves thinks that this budget will deliver for British people. 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:33.820 That's what Donald Trump ran on the promise of as he was elected this past week. 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:39.620 He actually didn't just want to deliver the good life for American people, but the great 00:01:39.620 --> 00:01:40.020 life. 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:45.140 We're told that a vote for him was a vote for a healthier, wealthier, safer America. 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:48.180 And people voted for him because that's what they want. 00:01:48.180 --> 00:01:57.560 That is the great human quest, a life that goes well, a life that has purpose and that is 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.620 imbued with joy and satisfaction, a life of flourishing. 00:02:03.620 --> 00:02:10.379 At one level or another, all of us make the choices we do, make the decisions that we do, 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:11.260 because that's what we want. 00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:14.319 That's what we're searching for in this life. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:22.419 And Solomon has told us from the start of this really rather enigmatic book that he is just 00:02:22.419 --> 00:02:23.159 like us. 00:02:23.699 --> 00:02:25.539 Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse 3, 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:32.459 I searched with my heart till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:35.120 heaven during the few days of their life. 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:40.080 I'm searching for the good life, he's saying. 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.680 And we've seen he has searched and searched and searched. 00:02:46.180 --> 00:02:48.759 He's tried everything, he's told us. 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:52.400 We've seen he looked, first of all, at the cycle of life. 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:56.860 He thought maybe wisdom is the way to go, and so he searched out wisdom. 00:02:56.860 --> 00:03:02.720 And he's given himself to pleasure and wealth and hard work, and he has explored then whether 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:06.700 honor and respect will deliver the joy and significance that he is seeking. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:11.220 He said, these things are the things that people tell us will deliver the good life. 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.580 I am going to road test every single one of them. 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:21.820 He's turned every stone that there is to turn, and we've seen that his conclusion has been 00:03:21.820 --> 00:03:23.180 consistent the whole way through. 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:26.640 It's all vanity. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:29.280 All of it. 00:03:30.140 --> 00:03:30.960 It's all vapor. 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.960 That's what the word translated vanity, meaningless in some translations. 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:36.819 It's vapor, foggy vapor. 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.099 He's saying there's nothing there. 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:45.980 And the more that you grasp after it, the more you realize how thin the mist actually is. 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.159 You know, sometimes when you get a heavy fog, you don't maybe get it so much in the city, 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.819 anymore, but when you get a really heavy fog, and they call it a real pea super, because 00:03:57.819 --> 00:04:02.039 you can't see, and you feel like in a really heavy fog, almost like you could lean against 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:03.079 it and it would hold you up. 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:07.379 Well, what he's saying here, what Solomon is saying is that there is a mist. 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:09.439 It doesn't hold you up. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:14.419 In fact, when you grasp after it, it is handfuls of vapor. 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:17.560 It is fistfuls of nothing. 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.000 And yet, there's been a drumbeat, hasn't there, the whole way through the letter that gives 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.659 us hope that the search for the good life is not a vain search. 00:04:31.660 --> 00:04:34.280 Play on words. 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:39.180 Chapter 2, verse 24, there is nothing better, he says, for a person than he should eat and 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.620 drink and find enjoyment in his toil. 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:48.140 Chapter 5, 18, behold, what I have seen to be good, okay, we're listening, good and fitting, 00:04:48.900 --> 00:04:53.540 is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:55.400 the few days of his life that God has given him. 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:04.339 8, 15, and I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:08.899 be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has 00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:10.299 given him under the sun. 00:05:10.539 --> 00:05:16.739 9, verse 9, enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that 00:05:16.739 --> 00:05:21.199 he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.000 which you toil under the sun. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.800 What is the good life, Solomon? 00:05:26.379 --> 00:05:30.600 Eat your food, drink your wine, and enjoy them. 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:39.319 See, when you know, as the Christian does, that God is in complete control of absolutely 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:45.100 everything in the world, that you have what you have because he has given it to you, that 00:05:45.100 --> 00:05:50.439 you don't have what you don't have because he has kept it from you, well, you can receive 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.959 the gifts that he gives and you can say thank you and you can enjoy them. 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:57.279 Gratitude and trust. 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:00.040 Gratitude and trust. 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:04.579 They are the two, they are the touchstone, you could say, of the whole Christian faith. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:10.759 Gratitude for what you have and trust God for what you don't have. 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:15.279 Gratitude for the things that you enjoy and trust God for the things that are difficult 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:15.860 and a struggle. 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.079 Now, our temptation, of course, is to grasp, is to grasp after these things, to do that 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.839 thing of trying to grab the things that Solomon has told us are vapor. 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:29.779 We want to gain in some way. 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:31.939 We want to advance ourselves. 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:35.240 Use these things in order to secure our position. 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:37.839 Make us the center of things. 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:43.519 We go after these things hoping that they will be the means by which we can control our lives 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:45.159 and we can deliver happiness. 00:06:46.239 --> 00:06:47.879 But that's not the life of faith. 00:06:50.599 --> 00:06:51.659 It's all a gift. 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.739 And we are to receive what we have as such. 00:06:55.919 --> 00:06:56.959 And we're to be thankful. 00:06:59.419 --> 00:07:04.099 But you'll notice, you'll notice as we've gone through that it's not just eating and drinking 00:07:04.100 --> 00:07:08.379 that Solomon wants us to enjoy, but also something he calls toil. 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:15.680 Each of those exhortations that I read for you that kind of are these little sound bites 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:21.020 at different points as we go through the book, each one of those includes a call to enjoy our toil, 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:22.120 our labor. 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:27.079 Indeed, that is part of the programmatic verse I mentioned from chapter 2, verse 3. 00:07:27.340 --> 00:07:33.300 I searched with my heart till I could see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:35.899 during the few days of their life. 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:41.620 And Solomon hasn't really expanded on what that to do means, 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.300 of what the toil actually is, 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.939 until Ecclesiastes chapter 11, 1 to 6. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:51.719 See, he's bringing the plane into land. 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:56.279 And as his descent towards the conclusion of this book comes around, 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:59.399 he tells us what the good of our toil should be. 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.879 And it's a summary of how we are to live the good life. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.920 You could say it's a practical summary of the life of faith. 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:07.100 And there are two elements. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:09.579 Point number one, he tells us, 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:12.139 admit what you don't know. 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:15.680 Admit what you don't know. 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:20.340 Did you notice 11, 1 to 6, Solomon repeats that phrase. 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:22.000 Verse 2, you know not. 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:24.160 Verse 5, you do not know. 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:25.379 You do not know. 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.280 And again, verse 6, you do not know. 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:35.899 There is so much about this life of which we are ignorant. 00:08:37.419 --> 00:08:40.759 Think about how limited our knowledge is, 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.259 how little we know of ourselves, 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.080 how little we know of other people. 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.139 All the things we are ignorant about, 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:52.840 how ignorant we are of the deep state, 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.220 of God Himself. 00:08:56.139 --> 00:08:58.860 There are so many questions that we could ask one another. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:01.819 And the honest answer is, 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:03.600 I don't know. 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:08.139 But how often are we prepared to do that? 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:12.399 We don't like doing that. 00:09:13.060 --> 00:09:14.700 We don't like recognizing 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:17.980 that there are limits to our knowledge. 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.600 Now, of course, if I was to ask you the question, 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:21.440 do you know everything there is to know in the world, 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:22.680 you would say, no, of course I don't. 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:25.300 But then I ask you another question, 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:26.500 and you don't know, 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:27.899 but you give an opinion. 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:30.679 Because it's really important 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:31.959 that you're seen to have an opinion. 00:09:33.959 --> 00:09:35.919 But recognizing these limits 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.779 is a vital part of true wisdom. 00:09:38.459 --> 00:09:39.639 That's what Solomon is saying. 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.399 But 25 years ago, 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:43.579 I knew a guy, and his name was Dave. 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:46.360 But in our group of friends, 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:47.939 he was known as, 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:49.220 I know. 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:52.539 In fact, back when I used to put 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:55.779 people's nicknames in my phone, 00:09:55.779 --> 00:09:58.159 and when I put somebody's name in my phone, 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:59.019 I put their nickname in, 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:00.339 it came up, I know. 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:03.539 Anytime anyone commented 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:05.539 on something in conversation, 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:06.720 they might have seen, 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:07.439 they might have heard, 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:09.939 quite apart from whether Dave was around or not, 00:10:10.179 --> 00:10:11.259 his response was always, 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.139 I know. 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.759 Or, I thought that. 00:10:16.319 --> 00:10:17.939 You say, I see they're closing the road 00:10:17.939 --> 00:10:19.360 for maintenance next week. 00:10:19.419 --> 00:10:19.779 I know. 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:22.019 It became a running joke. 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:23.399 In fact, we would invent things 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.740 to get him just to say it. 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:26.220 Scandalous things made up 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:26.960 about celebrities, 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:28.419 politicians, famous people. 00:10:28.680 --> 00:10:29.740 Did you see such and such 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:31.379 has turned into a frog? 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:31.779 I know. 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:32.399 I saw that. 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:35.519 The truth is, 00:10:35.560 --> 00:10:36.639 we can all be a bit like that 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:37.680 in our own ways. 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:41.440 We don't want to admit 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:42.919 that we have limits 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.840 to our understanding 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:44.519 and our knowledge. 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:47.879 And Solomon is clear here 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.200 that whatever we do know, 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:51.360 there are some things 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:52.899 that are simply beyond us. 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:54.299 There are some things 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:56.259 that you can't know yourself 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.259 and you can't Google 00:10:57.259 --> 00:10:58.179 to find the answer. 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:00.399 And he highlights 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.620 three very obvious areas. 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:02.159 Verse 2, 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:02.779 first of all, 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:04.199 we are ignorant about the future. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:06.459 Give a portion to seven 00:11:06.459 --> 00:11:07.639 or even to eight, 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:09.159 for you know not 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:10.840 what disaster may happen 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:11.360 on the earth. 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:14.740 Now, we'll see in a minute 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:16.299 he's talking about generosity here, 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:17.120 and the reason 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.379 that we should be generous people, 00:11:18.439 --> 00:11:18.799 he's saying, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.480 is because we don't actually know 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:22.440 what lies in the future. 00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:27.300 Those poor people in Spain 00:11:27.300 --> 00:11:28.539 last week, 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:31.200 their diaries were filled with plans. 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:36.920 And those plans were washed away, 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:37.240 literally, 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:38.240 in the floods. 00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:40.759 You could leave here this evening 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.779 and get home 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:42.480 and get into bed 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.399 as you expect to do, 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:44.519 and I hope that does happen, 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.240 or you could leave here, 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:46.879 you could drop down 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:47.600 with a heart attack, 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.940 or you could be crossing the road 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:50.900 and one of those maniacs 00:11:50.900 --> 00:11:51.660 on an electric scooter 00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:52.400 could take you out. 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.520 It could be the end of your life. 00:11:54.640 --> 00:11:55.080 You could be, 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.660 the rest of your life 00:11:56.660 --> 00:11:57.880 could be significantly different 00:11:57.880 --> 00:11:58.460 than you'd hoped. 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:00.860 You don't know. 00:12:03.540 --> 00:12:04.420 All those things 00:12:04.420 --> 00:12:05.240 that are in your diary, 00:12:06.640 --> 00:12:07.620 will you get to attend 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:08.160 those meetings? 00:12:08.540 --> 00:12:09.300 Will you get to go 00:12:09.300 --> 00:12:09.920 on those holidays? 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:11.520 Will you get to make that call 00:12:11.520 --> 00:12:13.580 or see that person for lunch? 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:15.440 You don't know. 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:21.040 We're ignorant about the future. 00:12:21.660 --> 00:12:22.520 Solomon also says 00:12:22.520 --> 00:12:23.980 we're ignorant about the work of God. 00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:24.560 Verse 5, 00:12:24.640 --> 00:12:25.760 As you do not know 00:12:25.760 --> 00:12:27.360 the way the Spirit comes to the bones 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:28.840 in the womb of a woman with child, 00:12:29.520 --> 00:12:30.440 so you do not know 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.080 the work of God 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.400 who makes everything. 00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:38.100 We know that life begins 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:38.940 at conception. 00:12:39.520 --> 00:12:41.560 We know that a baby 00:12:41.560 --> 00:12:43.120 is formed in their mother's womb. 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.820 We know that cells divide 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:46.060 to form a hand over here 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:47.139 and an eye over here. 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:48.879 But we don't know 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:51.120 how life is created. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.240 We don't know 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.560 how these things happen. 00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:57.639 There are some things 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.759 that only God, 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:00.000 the maker of everything, 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:01.000 knows. 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.159 This was his point 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:03.799 when he spoke 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.500 to Job from the storm. 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:06.279 Job 38, 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:07.840 Have you comprehended 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.080 the expanse of the earth? 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:10.879 Asking it in a way 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.539 as if to say, 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.840 Well, of course you haven't. 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.060 I'm the only one 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:14.740 that's done that. 00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:16.320 Where is the way 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:17.340 to the dwelling of light 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:18.399 and where is the place 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:18.899 of darkness? 00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:21.540 Only God knows those things. 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:24.320 I often hear people 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:24.940 say things like, 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:25.780 Well, I believe God 00:13:25.780 --> 00:13:26.399 will do this 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.180 or I believe God 00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:27.780 will do that. 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.360 We've no idea. 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.620 One of the big themes 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:34.840 about the book of Ecclesiastes 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.259 is some of what we were hearing 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.759 this morning 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:38.060 from Acts chapter 4. 00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:39.379 God is in complete 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.599 sovereign control 00:13:40.599 --> 00:13:42.099 of absolutely 00:13:42.099 --> 00:13:44.319 every single detail 00:13:44.319 --> 00:13:44.959 of the world 00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:47.519 and we don't know 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.559 why he works things out 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.219 the way he does. 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.799 We've no idea. 00:13:54.099 --> 00:13:54.579 Thirdly, 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.559 we're ignorant 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.239 about the outcome 00:13:56.239 --> 00:13:57.000 of our work. 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:58.500 Solomon tells us, 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.039 Verse 6, 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:10.120 Work hard, we're told. 00:14:10.219 --> 00:14:11.279 Get the grades, we're told. 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:12.419 Then you'll get the job, 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:14.519 the good job that you'd like. 00:14:14.839 --> 00:14:15.679 Put the work in, 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.659 in the good job, 00:14:16.699 --> 00:14:17.579 and then you'll be set. 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:19.620 That's what we're told. 00:14:20.339 --> 00:14:21.299 You'll be set. 00:14:21.599 --> 00:14:22.039 Will you? 00:14:22.439 --> 00:14:22.819 Will you? 00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:24.480 You don't know. 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.200 And just because it worked 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.160 that way for other people 00:14:27.160 --> 00:14:28.280 is neither here nor there. 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:29.720 We all know people 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.280 who followed the right advice, 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:32.300 did all the right things, 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.280 and failed. 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.220 I remember talking 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.020 to an investor 00:14:38.020 --> 00:14:40.020 who wasn't a Christian, 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:41.000 but he understood this. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.120 He'd been investing 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.780 for many years 00:14:43.780 --> 00:14:44.360 and he said to me, 00:14:44.400 --> 00:14:45.120 I don't know why 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.420 some businesses I've backed 00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:47.000 have flown 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.820 and why others have flopped. 00:14:49.140 --> 00:14:50.480 I used the same criteria 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.140 to decide. 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:52.439 I only invest 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:53.319 where I like the people, 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.480 where the books were good, 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.220 and where the product 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.939 seemed like a good product. 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:58.220 But one does well 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.439 and the other fails. 00:14:59.539 --> 00:14:59.919 He said, 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.039 it's a mystery. 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:06.000 That is the wisdom 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:08.179 of Ecclesiastes 11. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.620 Our pursuit, 00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.439 in our pursuit 00:15:10.439 --> 00:15:11.220 of the good life, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:12.399 wisdom requires us 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.740 to admit what we don't know. 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.659 It doesn't mean, 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.039 of course, 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.399 that we pursue ignorance. 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.000 We're not trying 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.740 to be stupid 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:21.919 or that we consider 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.680 not knowing. 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:24.060 Like, 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.120 some people, 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.500 I think, 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:26.500 maybe some Christians, 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.259 think that ignorance 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.600 is a virtue in some way. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.740 They can spiritualize it. 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.620 Solomon is not saying 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.480 that it is godly 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.080 to be ignorant. 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.940 Of course he's not. 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.620 We should pursue knowledge 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.440 and we should especially 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.680 pursue knowledge of God. 00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.159 We should pursue 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.100 the knowledge of God, 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.720 which is a knowledge 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.460 that we will never 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:43.320 fully exhaust, 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.639 but we should do it 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.700 so that we know 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:46.560 His ways better. 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.579 But there will always 00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.359 be a white spot 00:15:49.359 --> 00:15:49.959 on the map 00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:50.419 when it comes 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:51.179 to our understanding 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:52.059 of God's providence. 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.359 Admit what we don't know. 00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:01.039 But while we do that, 00:16:01.119 --> 00:16:02.259 while we admit our limits, 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.639 Solomon doesn't want us 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:05.000 just to sit on our hands. 00:16:05.119 --> 00:16:06.299 There is a positive toil 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:06.979 that he wants us 00:16:06.979 --> 00:16:07.579 to lean into 00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:08.599 and to enjoy as well. 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.739 So here's the second point. 00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:12.000 Act on what you do know. 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.599 Act on what you do know. 00:16:16.040 --> 00:16:16.879 Solomon has told us 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.860 that God is in complete 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.620 sovereign control 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.940 over every detail of life. 00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:21.500 He has repeatedly told us 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.920 that we must live by faith 00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:24.300 in this reality 00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:25.360 if we will experience 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.800 the joy that he keeps 00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:27.440 talking about. 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.740 The question is, 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:31.320 what does a life of faith 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.620 actually look like? 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.620 What does it involve? 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.279 Well, again, 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:36.800 we have three commitments. 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.460 Verses 1 and 2, 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.159 first of all, 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.460 he commends to us 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.940 risky generosity. 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.100 Risky generosity. 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:45.220 Cast your bread 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.000 upon the waters 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.500 for you will find it 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.700 after many days. 00:16:49.060 --> 00:16:50.180 Give a portion to seven 00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:51.940 or even to eight. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.879 Casting your bread 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.820 on the water 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:57.240 sounds to me 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.600 like quite a strange idiom. 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.600 Conjures up images 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.259 in my mind 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.019 of feeding ducks 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.560 in the park, 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:04.120 throwing them some moldy crusts 00:17:04.120 --> 00:17:05.299 and watching them go soggy. 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.539 So it's a bit strange. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:09.200 But what he's doing here 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.640 is actually describing 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.960 giving to other people 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.180 and giving probably 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:16.340 to those who are in need 00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:17.039 in some way. 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.000 And he's saying, 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:20.220 do that with great generosity. 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.059 The number seven, 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.799 you will know, 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.600 is the biblical number 00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:23.259 of perfection. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.440 And he's saying 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.980 that you should even 00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.600 go beyond that. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.180 He's kind of using hyperbole. 00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.559 Don't just go as far 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:29.960 as you can. 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.740 Go even further. 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.440 He's saying, 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.080 go to eight. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.319 It's a call 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.319 to take risks 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:35.619 as you invest 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.500 in other people. 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.220 It is a call 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.939 to relinquish 00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.939 selfish control 00:17:39.939 --> 00:17:40.659 of your own life 00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.419 and your own possessions. 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:44.059 He is saying 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.220 the Christian 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.439 is to live 00:17:46.439 --> 00:17:47.339 their life 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.740 with open hands. 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.000 Be generous 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.919 with what you have. 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:53.939 Remember, 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.740 it's gift, 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:56.200 not gain. 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.419 Now, 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.159 one of the interesting 00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:00.859 things about this 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:02.220 is that he doesn't just say, 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.859 go and be really, 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.599 really generous. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.740 Do you notice? 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.579 Cast your bread 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.139 upon the waters 00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:09.819 for you will find it 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:12.079 after many days. 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.399 See, 00:18:13.459 --> 00:18:14.119 part of the reason 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:15.179 that we live 00:18:15.179 --> 00:18:16.019 with open hands 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:17.439 is because 00:18:17.439 --> 00:18:18.179 the casting 00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:19.079 brings a return. 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.639 Cast your bread 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.919 for you will find it. 00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.659 The Christian knows 00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:25.319 that to give to others, 00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:26.639 especially the needy, 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.679 is actually 00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:28.659 to give 00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.599 to the Lord. 00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.079 Proverbs 19, 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:31.899 whoever is generous 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.439 to the poor 00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.500 lends to Yahweh, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.319 lends to God, 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:36.640 and he will repay him 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:38.680 for his deed. 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.380 One commentator 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:39.859 says this, 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.619 Solomon is issuing 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:41.240 a call to be 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.200 boldly generous 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.859 and lavishly good 00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.519 to our neighbors. 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.839 This is the epitome 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.259 of wisdom, 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.039 even though it looks 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:49.440 like a losing proposition. 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.019 Wisdom does not 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.740 walk by faith, 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:53.039 but by sight. 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.359 See what he's done there? 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.400 That's the key 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.220 to any generosity, 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.680 you see. 00:19:03.540 --> 00:19:04.620 Do we trust God 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.360 to keep his word? 00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.700 We could hear this 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.480 sort of thing, 00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:10.759 you know, 00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:12.280 give to the poor 00:19:12.280 --> 00:19:14.000 and you will find it again 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.840 after many days. 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.060 You know, 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:16.820 if I give a bit over here, 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.000 well, 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.860 I might get a bit more 00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.680 back over here. 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.220 There are certain theologies 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.040 that would espouse 00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:24.500 that kind of nonsense. 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:28.299 we're not trying 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.380 to make our generosity 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.380 come back to us 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.099 because that's not 00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.799 being generous. 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.039 Nor is it the life 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.599 of faith. 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.039 It's the life 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.200 of seeking to control 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.160 God in some way 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.059 which when we put it 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.779 like that actually 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.640 sounds like a life 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.099 of folly, 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.559 doesn't it? 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.539 I am going to seek 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:46.680 to pursue controlling God. 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.680 That is the absolute 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.819 epitome of madness. 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:54.480 What he's saying here is 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.399 we are to be generous 00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.960 in a way that feels risky 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.460 but it is surrendered 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.159 to the will 00:19:59.159 --> 00:20:00.619 and providence of God. 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.700 Isn't that what Jesus said 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.619 in Luke chapter 6? 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.379 Luke 6, 35, 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.319 Do good and lend 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.720 expecting nothing in return 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.279 and your reward 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.899 will be great 00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:11.000 and you will be sons 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.679 of the Most High 00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.579 for He is kind 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.700 to the ungrateful 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.819 and the evil. 00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.139 Verse 38, 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.000 Luke 6, 38, 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.879 Give and it will be given 00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.679 to you good measure 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.259 pressed down, 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:20.799 shaken together, 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.480 running over 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.059 will be put into your lap 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.579 for the measure you use 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.220 it will be measured 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.039 back to you. 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.779 Those who are generous 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.720 without any desire 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.180 to gain themselves 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.779 end up gaining 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:36.039 because that's the way 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:38.180 the upside down nature 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.159 of the kingdom of God. 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.659 Same principle 00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.480 of the Apostle Paul 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.480 in 2 Corinthians 9, 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.000 Whoever sows sparingly 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.319 will also reap sparingly 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.500 and whoever sows bountifully 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:48.079 will also reap bountifully. 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.200 Each one must give 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.000 as he has decided 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.640 in his heart 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.819 not reluctantly 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.660 or under compulsion 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.619 for God loves 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:55.240 a cheerful giver. 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.119 Be generous 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.259 and do it with a smile 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.839 on your face 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.299 he's saying. 00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.720 Risky, 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.319 and the only way 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.880 that's possible, 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.019 risky generosity 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.019 is only possible 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:06.240 if it is kind of 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.720 coming out 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.759 of a confident faith. 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.220 Faith that God 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.079 is in complete control 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.740 of our lives, 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.640 that we have 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.240 what we have 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.940 and we don't have 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.579 what we don't 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.039 because of him. 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.339 And it's a faith 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:19.039 that he will keep 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.460 his promise 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.000 to provide 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.559 and return 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.379 our generosity 00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.500 with blessing. 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.419 So what are you doing 00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:26.960 to be generous 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.720 to others, 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.279 especially those 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.220 who are in need? 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.759 One of the things 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.619 I think we often do 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.619 is we think to ourselves, 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:34.899 well, 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.259 I think if, 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.720 I know I need 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.279 to be generous 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.639 and I'm really keen 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.320 to do that, 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:42.280 but I think it would 00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:42.740 be better 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.500 if I waited 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.940 until I was 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.660 in a better place 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.120 financially 00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.360 in order to be generous 00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:47.380 then, you know, 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.360 when I get to that point 00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.759 then, well, 00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.400 I'll have that much 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.820 in the bank 00:21:49.820 --> 00:21:50.540 and then I'll be able 00:21:50.540 --> 00:21:51.740 to do it. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.920 Now, each of us, 00:21:54.020 --> 00:21:54.300 of course, 00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.120 must give according 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.720 to our means 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.140 and according 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.980 to our conscience, 00:21:57.500 --> 00:22:00.259 but we are supplied 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.480 by God's abundance. 00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.780 So what we're really 00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.759 talking about here 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:06.460 is faith. 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.780 It is trusting God 00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:09.480 that we can be 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.039 generous with 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.059 whatever we have, 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.059 however much it is, 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.640 however much 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.360 or however little, 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.759 we can be generous 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.700 with that, 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.599 trusting that God 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.660 will supply. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.500 You can be generous, 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.200 you can even be 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.960 extravagant 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.039 in your generosity 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.720 because you know 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.599 that God is faithful 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.420 and He has been 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.400 abundantly generous 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.519 to you. 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.620 We heard this morning 00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:29.680 about being bold 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:32.039 and not giving way 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.680 to fear 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.900 as it comes 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.539 to living out 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.220 our Christian life 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.160 and speaking boldly 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.940 about the Lord Jesus. 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.180 That principle 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.259 applies here as well. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:41.000 We should be bold 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.680 in our faith 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.200 in trusting God 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.660 as we are generous. 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.120 His word calls us 00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.680 to do that 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:48.000 that He will supply. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.880 Risky generosity. 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.440 Secondly, 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.440 Solomon calls us 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.860 to a realistic busyness. 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.480 Verses 3 and 4, 00:22:58.579 --> 00:23:00.220 a realistic busyness. 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.240 If the clouds 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.160 are full of rain, 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.039 they empty themselves 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.559 on the earth 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.059 and if a tree 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.920 falls to the south 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.559 or to the north 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.059 in the place 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.019 where the tree 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.640 falls there, 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.180 it will lie. 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.279 He who observes 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.299 the wind will not sow 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.380 and he who regards 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.019 the clouds 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.019 will not reap. 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.240 There are some things 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.799 that are predictable 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.380 in life, 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.759 like when the clouds 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.220 come in, 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.940 we can assume 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.880 that rain will follow 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:21.100 and there are some things 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.880 that are unpredictable 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:23.200 like when and where 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.140 a tree will fall 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.779 in the forest. 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.799 And Solomon is saying 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:28.059 that's how it is 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.579 in the world. 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.960 We've got to be realistic 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.619 about that. 00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.720 And that should change 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.720 nothing about 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.379 how hard we work. 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:40.379 I had a quick visit 00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.559 to Belfast this week 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:43.220 and when we came in 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.220 to land in Belfast, 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.659 it was grey and wet 00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:49.159 and the person 00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.639 on the front said, 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:50.879 you know, 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.839 welcome to Belfast. 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.919 Well, I'm afraid 00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.539 that the rain 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.139 has arrived 00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:55.039 just ahead of us. 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.299 Of course it has. 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.139 It's Northern Ireland. 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.259 What did he expect? 00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.519 It's not the Bahamas. 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.339 It's grey and wet 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.659 all the time 00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.799 in Northern Ireland. 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.000 And yet, 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.359 the country is full of people 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.599 who still fire 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.240 into their work 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.139 every day regardless. 00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.799 Solomon's saying, 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.879 don't look out the window 00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.639 and say, 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.819 well, it looks like rain today. 00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.500 I don't think I'm going to work. 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.440 Oh, it's a bit bluey. 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.440 We can't work today. 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:25.320 He's saying, 00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.660 work hard. 00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.680 Be busy in the things 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:30.000 that God has given you to do. 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.720 That includes the generosity 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:33.039 that Solomon has just mentioned 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.080 because another thing 00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:35.460 that Solomon is getting at here 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.799 with this kind of 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.580 looking at the wind 00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.660 and, you know, 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.539 holding back 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.539 from actually getting stuck 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.120 into your work 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.840 because you're looking 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.320 at the weather 00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.799 and wondering, 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.539 will it work out 00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.240 and everything else? 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.120 He's saying, 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.360 look, 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.500 don't be anxious 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.360 about that 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.820 when it comes 00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.820 to generosity either. 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:52.899 Remember, 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.179 don't fear 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.599 that you're going 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.299 to be left short 00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.779 in some way. 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:57.119 Get on with being generous 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.299 as well as everything else. 00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.559 He's saying, 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.700 waiting for the point 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.159 at which you can read 00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:03.519 the way the wind is blowing 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:05.299 and therefore can then 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.500 live without risks 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.700 or, 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.700 to put it another way, 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.439 to live without 00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:10.720 having to trust God 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:12.000 because that's the opposite, 00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.379 isn't it, 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.319 of the life of faith. 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.279 He's saying, 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.200 that's not the call 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.899 for the Christian. 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.079 Get after what it is 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.079 that you're supposed to do, 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.079 whatever the weather. 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.240 Metaphorically 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.919 and actually. 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.119 If you're waiting 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.099 for a fair wind 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.879 in your life 00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:29.559 and whatever kind of 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:31.879 call the Lord 00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.759 has put on your life, 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.599 if you're waiting for that, 00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.720 you'll never get anything done. 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.079 Some days, 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.639 we've got to go 00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.619 and graft in the rain 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.779 and push against the wind 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.599 and some days, 00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.419 it is a bit easier. 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.559 But he's saying, 00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:42.799 look, 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.899 you've got to be realistic. 00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.099 This is the world 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.720 we live in. 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.299 Let's get busy anyway 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.879 about the things 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.000 that God has given us to do. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:53.660 The third element 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:55.420 of enjoyable toil. 00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:00.059 First is risky generosity. 00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.839 The second is realistic busyness. 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.420 And the third, 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.000 he says, 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.799 reasonable diversity. 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.279 Five to six. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.160 Reasonable diversity. 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.700 In the morning, 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.440 sow your seed 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.680 and at evening, 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.160 withhold not your hand 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.000 for you do not know 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.000 which will prosper, 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.960 this or that, 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.640 or whether both alike 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.660 will be good. 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.519 Sowing seed, 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.299 on the one hand, 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.740 withholding not your hand. 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.400 Those are two different 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.140 pursuits actually. 00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.200 One is this, 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.240 the other is that. 00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.460 Solomon is making that clear. 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.960 So what he's really saying here 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.519 is you think about your life, 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.220 as you think about 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.180 the things that you 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.960 throw yourself into, 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.840 don't put all your eggs 00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.660 into the one basket. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.620 We might call it 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:39.140 pursuing a diverse portfolio. 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:41.440 Not necessarily just 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.220 financial investments, 00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:44.400 but just develop a side hustle 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.940 in your work. 00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:47.160 Seek to find ways 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.860 to be productive. 00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.700 Work hard. 00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.500 You don't know 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.640 what might come of it. 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.280 You don't know 00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:53.140 what God might do 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.820 with your efforts. 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.080 There are lots of good things 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.440 that you could 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.300 throw yourself into. 00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.140 Now, of course, 00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.660 those things have to 00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.780 kind of take their place 00:27:00.780 --> 00:27:01.700 among the priorities 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.480 that you have, 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.300 the commitments 00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:04.140 that you have. 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.400 But he's saying, 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:09.120 get after it. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.820 What he's doing, 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.200 actually, 00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.020 is pressing us 00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:13.020 to do the very opposite 00:27:13.020 --> 00:27:14.200 of what we might think 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.960 or what we might be 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.740 tempted to think 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:18.500 in this world of Hevel, 00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.540 this world of vapor. 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.940 See, you might think, 00:27:22.020 --> 00:27:22.960 if everything is vapor, 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.360 well, there's no point 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.020 working hard. 00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.620 But what he's saying here 00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.240 is actually, 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.660 vapor is a motivation. 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.320 It's kind of counterintuitive. 00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.520 Our ignorance 00:27:35.520 --> 00:27:36.759 and lack of control 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.960 that he's just emphasized, 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.960 alongside the possibility 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.900 of disaster, 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.720 verse 2, 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.579 you do not know 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.740 what disaster may happen 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.160 on the earth. 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.500 So, these are a couple 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.819 of really significant realities. 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.920 We don't know loads of stuff. 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.799 We don't have any control 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.480 over the world 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.220 in which we live. 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.819 Disasters do happen 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.440 in this world, 00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.480 and we might be tempted 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.279 to think to ourselves, 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.000 you know what, 00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.240 I'm going to lock the doors, 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.980 I'm going to stay at home, 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.660 I'm going to try and just 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.279 be as safe as I possibly can. 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.620 And he's saying, 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:04.979 no, the opposite is true. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.279 Get after it, 00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.079 work hard, 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.539 hustle, 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.519 give generously, 00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.659 and serve others, 00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:12.179 and trust all the while 00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:13.459 the outcome to God. 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:17.740 That's the good life. 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.960 That is, 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.420 Solomon's words, 00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.279 what is good 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.120 for the children of man 00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:26.000 to do under heaven 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.680 the few days of our lives. 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:31.120 Admit what you don't know, 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.740 and act on what you do 00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.640 with a generosity 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.420 and a busyness 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.980 that is all the time 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.840 submitted to God, 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.619 trusting the outcome 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.519 to him. 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.559 The question we have is, 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.720 well, does this actually work? 00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.399 Can we actually really 00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.519 call this the good life? 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.299 You see, it's a vision 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.839 of life that's quite different 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.559 from what we're given 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.059 in other places, isn't it? 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.000 Our culture wouldn't call 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.839 that the good life. 00:28:58.399 --> 00:29:00.099 So we need to define 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.119 what we mean by the good life, 00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.679 because the truth 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.379 of the matter is, 00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.699 this was the life 00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.339 that was embodied 00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.159 by the Lord Jesus. 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:08.300 The one who is the way, 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.900 the truth, 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.120 and the life. 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:14.140 The Lord Jesus lived 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:16.000 a life of absolute generosity, 00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.279 giving, giving, 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.660 and giving again, 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.600 trusting his Father 00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.740 with the outcome. 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.440 In his humanity, 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.380 Jesus was subject 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.620 to the vapor of this life 00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.380 just as we are. 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.240 In his humanity, 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.519 he didn't know exactly 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.580 how every twist and turn 00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.120 of his story 00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.000 was going to work out, 00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:33.220 but he pressed on. 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.380 Remember, 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.700 he wrestled with his Father 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.900 in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.860 In that moment, 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.980 he was anxious about, 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.580 you could say, 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.820 casting his bread 00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:42.020 upon the waters. 00:29:43.020 --> 00:29:43.800 In this case, 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.400 that bread was his body, 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.460 the bread of life. 00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.300 But he gave it over, 00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.280 not my will, 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:52.000 but yours be done. 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.420 He gave it over 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.160 as he surrendered 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.200 to the cross, 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.780 and in doing so, 00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.800 he purchased life 00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.620 for the world. 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.500 How did it go for him 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.740 and then, 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.339 after that, 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.720 well, 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.660 three days later, 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.440 he was vindicated 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.779 as the Father 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.140 raised him from the dead 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.059 and ushered him in 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:12.019 to resurrection life. 00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.240 Solomon's wisdom 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.980 was embodied 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.420 in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.799 So, 00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:18.799 it's not just wise advice 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.299 for us, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.680 but it has been confirmed 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.920 as the path 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.619 that actually brings life 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.759 that is truly life. 00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.880 It's the path 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:29.099 to resurrection glory. 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:31.559 So, 00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.139 that is why 00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:33.179 when Jesus tells us 00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:34.399 to take up our cross 00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.199 and follow him, 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.299 to embrace 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.439 the generous pattern 00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.000 of life, 00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:40.279 the pattern of my life 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.899 for yours, 00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.719 which is essentially 00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:42.219 the banner 00:30:42.219 --> 00:30:43.219 over all of this, 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:46.000 that's the way of toil 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.119 in Ecclesiastes 11. 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.959 When he calls us 00:30:47.959 --> 00:30:48.579 to do that, 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.439 we should lean in. 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.019 We should trust him. 00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.919 We should live by faith 00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.719 because we know 00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:56.379 that actually, 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.919 in the end, 00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:57.959 the return is worth it. 00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.900 See, 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.559 that's where this 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:01.480 all lands for us. 00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.480 In the end, 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.539 when we embrace 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.640 this pattern of life, 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.279 when we say, 00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.960 I don't know this, 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.079 but I'm trusting you, 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.860 and when we say, 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.759 I'm going to lean in 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.519 to what you've called me 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.319 to do in a pattern 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.420 of generous service, 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.940 we're following 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.420 the example 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.120 of the Lord Jesus, 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.180 but we do that 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.180 confidently, 00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.819 full of faith, 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.980 because we know 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.720 that is the path 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.640 to resurrection glory. 00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.140 That's the path 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.559 of life. 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.460 That's the good life. 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.980 Let's pray. 00:31:28.980 --> 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