 Ecclesiastes chapter five. Let's begin reading together at verse one. We'll read verses one through four. We'll get into our study. Solomon writes, walk prudently when you go to the house of God and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools for they do not know that they are that they do evil. Do not be rash with your mouth and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God for God is in heaven and you on earth therefore let your words be few for a dream comes through much activity and a fool's voice is known by his many words when you make a vow to God do not delay to pay it for he has no pleasure in fools pay what you have vowed I'll read verse five better not to vow than to vow and not pay you know I was a new Christian I was 20 years old I had come to faith in Christ I began going to a church called Calvary Chapel there in Costa Mesa there was only one it was Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and it was well known at that time as the kind of like a hippie haven Pastor Chuck Smith had become famous for opening his doors to those that other doors were close to which were the hippie kids because hippie kids were the kinds of people at that time we had the reputation of being lazy and and simply wanting to party smoke drug you know smoke dope is what we used to call it and it just drank that's basically what we were known for we're lazy good for nothing's in the site of whom we used to refer to as the establishment those who were older than us we were taught you know amongst ourselves never to trust anyone over 30 and things like that and so we were known for being rebels and all and Pastor Chuck Smith had actually opened the doors to to hippies to young people like me and and as I've mentioned so many times and even recently you know the first time I went in to a Calvary Chapel I had been drinking I'd been smoking marijuana you know and that and I expected to be kicked out and instead I was actually welcomed in in a spirit not ever accepting my sin but in a spirit of accepting me as a person and for me that was amazing and also when I went to Calvary Chapel I found a home and it was very relaxed the atmosphere was very relaxed if you ever read the distinctives of Calvary Chapel one of those that are referred to as a distinctive is a casual way that we do service you what you are used to now did not exist back in 1970 I as a minister would be wearing a suit normally I would you know it was just that way that's the way everything was and it's not so much that it was bad it just was not appealing to people like me who didn't even wear shoes let alone slacks and even when I did wear slacks I went barefoot so that was just me and and but there were quite a number of young people like me and so when I went to Calvary I discovered that it had an atmosphere that was very welcoming and even festive in many ways and so on one occasion when I first began to go to this this this church somebody had brought a beach ball into the sanctuary now the sanctuary only sat a couple hundred people were talking about the very early days and it was a small chapel at that time long before they had the tent and before they had built their main sanctuary that they now occupy it was really a small place it only sat a couple hundred people and they had actually taken the walls and had broken walls down and put glass there because there were so many kids and people showing up for church that they began to put the loudspeakers and speakers outside and people would sit outside looking towards the interior at the platform area because they couldn't get in people would be sitting all over the floors it was totally illegal and they were trying to reduce the stress and so when I was going there that's how it was and so there were just nothing but a lot of young people and a few of those would have been older parents and all and here's somebody with a beach ball and so they're bouncing it in the sanctuary worship is already ended and they're waiting for the teacher to come up and there's and the ball comes in our direction and you know you hit it like you're at a Dodger game never an angel game a Dodger game and and as that was happening the guys up in the front the elders who are all of 19 or 20 years old they were kids I still remember the first real rebuke I ever got in church when one of them said this is not a playground this is a sanctuary would you please put that beach ball away now you didn't get anybody standing up screaming saying legalist was your grace you know and crying weep out the door we were convicted we're convicted because he was right this is a place where you enter in to be taught about God himself what is it Solomon is saying in verse 1 walk prudently when you go to the house of God what that guy did was simply applied scripture to that situation now as we look at this we need to begin by remembering that Solomon has been commenting up to this point on the things that he has seen and he's mentioned it as we've gone through the first four chapters he mentions this he's seen injustice he has seen envy he has seen loneliness he's seen the transience of power and popularity and as he's been going through the first few chapters he concluded that life under the sun is filled with vanity it's a grasping he says for the wind and so as he's been speaking about what he's seen he now has paid a visit to the temple and as he went to the temple he observed the worshipers and as he was observing them he could not help but notice that many who were there were not sincere believers he noticed that they would offer sacrifices but they didn't keep their vows to God and he saw through their hypocrisy he saw their hypocrisy and he's pointing it out but they did not seem to see it themselves and they seem to be oblivious to the fact that they were offending God that's what he says in verse one him and he says at the end of that verse they do not know that they do evil they were oblivious to it they weren't aware of it and so he's he's observing this and as he observes this he's moved to issue a warning notice what he says again verse one walk prudently when you go to the house of God walk prudently is another way of saying watch your step prudence simply speaks of walking with wisdom it speaks about being careful watch your step when you go to the house of God in other words we should never approach the worship of God in a careless fashion be cautious in your behavior as you approach God in worship now obviously we don't worship God at the temple in Jerusalem anymore we never did unless you're Jewish and all your ancestors did but we don't worship God in the temple in Jerusalem but we know that God is worshiped wherever we desire to worship him because worship of God isn't restricted to one geographical place or or one building there's an interest interesting a statement found in Acts 7 48 through 50 where it says the most high does not dwell in temples made with hands as the prophet says heaven is my throne earth is my footstool what house will you build for me says the Lord or what is the place of my rest has my hand not made all these things and so we know that the worship of God isn't restricted to one geographical place or building we know that we assemble for worship with others but the fact is worship in and of itself is also simply a way of life we the Bible says are the temple of the Holy Spirit we worship God wherever we are but when he says walk prudently that's a way of saying prepare your heart prepare your heart especially as we gather together to worship the Lord we are to approach the worship of God carefully and not in a flippant manner that's the right relationship between creature and creator one of humility from the creature to the one who created him like it says in Psalm 144 verse 3 oh Lord what is man that you care for him the son of man that you think of him I mean we are insignificant we are less than less and yet you have considered us and so he's saying be careful when you go to worship the Lord how does that apply to us well let's say it's a let's say it's a Saturday night you know or maybe even a Sunday morning let's start with Sunday morning it's Sunday morning and and a lot of homes there's a lot of activity getting if you're married and if you have children there's a lot of activity you can get your kids ready to go and they're all combed up and dressed up and you're getting yourself finalized and you expect to be at the first service and and then you hear somebody say oh no ah you go in and somebody got some grape juice and they spilled it all over themselves and they're all messy and they can't go to church that way so you say to your husband honey you shouldn't have spilled that grape juice on yourself going to take a shower no you look at the kids and you get up tight and or somebody you have kids the little girls and you put little pig tails on them but they don't want them and they pull them off and you're trying to redo there I mean we've had four kids we know what it's like you want to get to church one thing after another or you're ironing at the last minute and now you've got nothing but stress and then you finally get into the car and when you expect it to be their first service you're now late for a second because one thing after another so what do you do well I think that we can do things that might loosen some of that it helps if we do practical things and if we can get them out of the way early that's always a wise thing to do so if you're gonna go to church for Sunday morning it's always good to prepare Saturday night it's always a good thing to do that you get the clothes ready ahead of time you put the kids to bed on time you organize the time that it takes to get ready for church you know how long it takes normally you give yourself enough driving time to get there you prepare your heart to worship and song you come ready to hear and and somebody says oh man how would you know you don't understand my situation and I say yes thank you Jesus I don't but I did at one time and it was hard and it could be hard because you've got all this activity and you can lose your joy and as you're rolling up the driveway coming on in you can even be angry there you know there's more than one parent who's dropped the kids off at Children's Ministry with the idea that they're not gonna take them home it can be hard and so it really is important even on a Wednesday night and working and driving from wherever it is that you drive from work if you have if you're working then you get home and you get ready you eat your food quickly if you eat at all you're rushed to get to church you're already feeling a little stressed because you know it starts at 7 it's a little late and and and you come in and you're just tense and and we know that from the worship worship team knows it takes you two or three songs to finally relax and say okay now I can worship because it's stressful and we get it I get it so what do I do you know what have I done and what do I do when I'm not teaching but I'm going somewhere I prepare my heart as I'm driving I prepare my heart I don't want to listen to anything I just it's just me and the Lord and I think and I and I talk and I talk to the Lord and I pray and I prepare my heart because in a moment I'm gonna walk you and someone's gonna divide the word and I want to receive what God has for me but but I can carry so many things in my mind I've got a thousand I got a thousand emails on my on my mail right now a thousand and people say I wrote you I'll come you didn't write back well you're probably amongst that thousand that I have sitting there and that's not including messenger and the other sources of things and phone calls so I got an idea of what it means to get cluttered because I get cluttered too because I have so many demands so many conversations as a pastor of this church if I'm walking from point A to point B there's very many conversations that can happen in between a 50 yard walk one thing after another I understand clutter and I understand how I have to handle it and what I do is I take these things to the Lord especially when I'm coming to receive from him and that's basically what Solomon is saying he's saying walk prudently when you go to the house of God make sure that you're walking carefully and not carelessly make sure that when you're going you're going prepared to receive from God because that's the second thing he says draw near to hear when he says draw near to hear that speaks of preparing your heart as you approach God God in order to hear his word to hear him speak to us prepare your heart as you approach God's word to hear him speak the word here is a word that can be translated understand it also can be spoken of as as referring to that which is or the one who is obedient it speaks of discernment or perceiving something to hear is to understand and obey so when God's word is properly taught it is God speaking through his word to his people and by the way that is something many people fail to understand they very often will think well that person speaking there is simply his opinions that he's given to us well the bottom line is if the word of God is rightly divided and being correctly presented that's the word of the Lord and that word that you're reading when it says walk prudently when you go to the house of God draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifices of fools is God's word that is God speaking to you a lot of people don't understand that so they say well Bible studies they're just that guy talking no if he's rightly dividing and applying the word is God's word and God therefore by his spirit is speaking to our hearts that's why Paul when he was writing to the Thessalonians in 1st Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 13 that's why Paul said for this reason we also thank God without ceasing because when you receive the word of God which you heard from us you welcomed it not as the word of men but as it is in truth the word of God which also effectively works in you who believe so Paul was saying our preaching to you was not organized thoughts by some philosopher what you heard and understood and received was God God's word speaking to you so believers are to carefully approach the Lord as we come to receive from him and we need to remember we're not meeting with just anybody we are meeting with the Lord of the universe remember when when Moses encounters the Lord it's found in Exodus in chapter 3 and as he's traveling he sees a he sees a shrub that's burning but not consumed and being the intellectual and curious man that he is he's drawn aside by such a sight I mean one of you ever seen you know a shrub a dry with a shrub on fire but not being consumed and so this man's genius is actually being demonstrated as well as its curiosity to go and see what this thing is and as he draws near remember what happens the Lord God speaks to him and God says to him do not draw near this place take your sandals off your feet for the place where you stand is holy ground if we had that understanding if we brought that understanding into every Bible study we have our lives will change because God speaking to you God is speaking to you through his word not just the words that I'm speaking but even as I'm reading and it's Holy Spirit is speaking to you and he does you've noticed that haven't you you'll read a scripture and it's already speaking to you you're already saying I need to do that you're always saying I haven't done that or God help me to understand this that's how I read the Bible help me understand and help me do help me understand rightly divided but help me do help me practice my faith and so that's what you do when you go to the house of God you draw near to hear you don't go there to supply your own opinions you go there so God can give you his pronouncements and that's how it works if you're going to grow in your faith he speaks of the sacrifice of fools he says draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools the sacrifice of fools is speaking of a sacrifice or an offering that has been made without obedient faith you see only a fool can think that he can deceive God so that's why it's called the sacrifice of fools they think well if I give this he won't notice what and I do that he says no you go with a with a reverent heart an expectant heart to hear his word to put it into practice but don't think that just because you go to the temple that God's gonna smile on you because you showed up you're offering a sacrifice of fools because you think that you're fooling God and a fool is a person who doesn't know God so you think that by giving God something he's going to be okay with that all he really wanted was that when in fact he wants you in osseus 6 verse 6 God said I desire mercy not sacrifice the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings in Matthew 15 verse 8 and Jesus spoke and said these people drawn near to me with their mouth honor me with their lips but their heart it's far from me and so that goes along with what Solomon is saying here don't offer the sacrifice of fools don't think you're fooling God don't offer him something that doesn't have it salted with faith because he has no pleasure in that he goes on in verse 2 do not be rash with your mouth and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God caught us in heaven you on earth therefore let your words be few do not be rash with your mouth while this actually can be looked at in two basic ways one when he says do not be rash with your mouth do not be quick to speculate about heavenly things Facebook is filled with armchair theologians and many times they'll write their ideas and some of you if you have Facebook you'll see that I see it all the time and and they just you know and they just yeah they're we call them armchair theologians you know they they sit back and think deep thoughts and all of that and then they share them but they're not always real they're not always right and so we need to be quick to hear and slow to speak we need to be open to what he's saying when he says do not be rash with your mouth let not your heart utter anything hastily before God you see some people consider themselves deeply theological but they speak for God wrongly and they speculate concerning heavenly things and and and they're trying to to explain God to people they may have a zeal and there's nothing wrong with having a great zeal but they need to have a zeal with knowledge it reminds me when we were going through the book of Acts it reminds me of of that young man that we read about in in the book of Acts by the name of Apollo so he was a young young man at that time and when you read in the book of Acts concerning him he's described as eloquent he's mighty in the scriptures he's instructed in the way of the Lord he was careful to teach accurately he was bold but he only knew the baptism of John and so the scripture speaks about after hearing him speak this couple Aquila and Priscilla took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately and he received from them you see so there's a there's a wisdom in being trainable there's a wisdom in if you're making an error there's a wisdom in respecting those who've been there before you in order that you might be corrected and and moved into the right path there was a young man that was giving me his opinion and and all and and he was incorrect and all and as I was saying well he didn't want to hear and somebody told me later on something and I thought this funny that's why I'm repeating it but somebody told me later on you have bibles older than him and that's true yeah I do I have bibles older than him and yet he's instructing me in the ways of the Lord when he's been saved all of three years and but if you want to grow in the things of Lord one of the things you need to be is trainable I'm not saying gullible I'm saying trainable Apollo's eloquent was careful he knew a lot but what made him great in the kingdom of God is an old couple could take him aside and say to him you don't know what you think you know let me give you more complete knowledge of these things so when you stand and share you're more developed and what was a policies a policies response I want to know there's a wisdom in that whenever I meet a young man who says I just want to learn I just want to grow that blesses my heart there are plenty of young people who want to teach before they're prepared they want to give a message before they've actually learned that message I'm not saying that we shouldn't share what we know I'm just saying grow beyond that be willing to be instructed to go deeper and be very careful that you don't become an arm chair theologian we need to remember that when we speak for God it is a great responsibility Isaiah chapter 6 verse 5 Isaiah said what was me I am undone because I'm a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips my eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts you know I have not spoken perfectly or correctly in every way and so that is something we need to be aware of a second thing is it can apply to making hasty and careless prayers a prayer should be entered to so soberly as well as in the fear of God again we need to remember whom we are speaking to the secret to acceptable prayer is a prepared heart that's because the mouth speaks what the heart contains out of the abundance of the the heart the mouth will speak and so we need to be prepared as we come before the Lord and speak to him our prayers the psalmist says in Psalm 141 verses 1 through 3 beautiful Psalm Lord I cry out to you make haste to me give ear to my voice when I cry out to you let my prayer be set before you as incense the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice set a guard oh Lord over my mouth keep watch over the door of my lips powerful prayer he says in verse 3 a dream comes through much activity and a fool's voice is known by his many words well a hard worker sleeps and has many dreams but even so a fool is known by his word he prayers we bring our petitions to God and you can do so with few words because even as we're singing tonight he knows our needs before we even make them known to him one of my favorite scriptures Matthew 6 verses 6 and 7 Jesus said when you pray go into your room and when you have shut your door pray to your father who is in the secret place your father who sees in secret will reward you openly when you pray do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do for they think that they will be heard for their many words let your words be few thoughtful and as you pray Lord I believe that you'll have a richer prayer life in verse 4 when you make a vow to God do not delay to pay it for he has no pleasure in fools pay what you vowed better not to vow than to vow and not pay so making a vow is making an oath a vow and oath is a promise promises or vows were not required you know in the Jewish law you were not required to make vows but when you made a vow you were to honor it in Deuteronomy 23 verses 21 through 23 when you make a vow to the Lord your God you shall not delay to pay it for the Lord your God will surely required of you and it would be sinned to you but if you abstain from vowing it shall not be sinned to you that which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform for you voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth so when you make a promise he's saying keep it so don't make promises to God that you don't intend to keep or delaying to pay it it's like if you're out there in the ocean and you starting to cramp up and you know you're going to you're going to drown I had that happen probably others in this room I was out a little further than I should have been and I'm no swimmer and my legs are cramping both of them and I'm thinking I'm not going to make it back to shore and so I remember flopping over on my back and starting to do just a kind of a backstroke kind of thing but my legs are cramped and I can't I can't kick so I'm just basically just going with all of my strength then you have to know I was saying God help me God help me I'm going to drown God help me God help me and you can get into the place where you start saying I'll live for you I'll do anything for you you can get to that place and then as I'm going God I need your help I feel my feet dragging on the sand and the first thing I do is I get up and say all right and I just run away I was making all these vows and I forgot all about them for many years so if you make a vow to the Lord keep it it's better not to vow than to vow and not pay verse 6 do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the words of your hands and so these are those who are making promises so when you make that promise to God don't try to get out of that don't say to the priest who came to collect that promise you said I'm going to give an offering don't say to him well I made a mistake in doing that he said don't do that kind of thing do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin nor say to the messenger of God it was an error so the guy comes to collect the offering you say you know I made a mistake why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hand you're not going to get away with this verse 7 in the multitude of dreams and and many words there is also vanity fear God when he says multitude of dreams most dreams are insignificant and therefore are vain and and they're they're just like empty promises they have no substance the real answer he's speaking about is to fear God so again fear God and do not make false promises it's better to not make a promise than to make one and not keep it verse 8 if you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province do not marvel at the matter for high official watches over high official and higher officials are over them and so Solomon saw government officials using authority to serve themselves so don't be surprised by this he's saying corruption exists in in government pecking orders exist and the higher people dominate those who are at the lower level so ultimately instead of receiving justice the matter will be lost in red tape as the officials pocket their funds and so he's making that very clear don't be surprised when this takes place verse 9 moreover the prophet of the land is for all even the king is served from the field and so when things are done fairly everybody benefits even the king because the king gets something from government that is honest and efficient verse 10 he who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver nor he who loves abundance with increase this also is vanity when goods increase they increase who eat them so what profit have the owners accept to see them with their eyes the sleep of a laboring man is sweet whether he eats little or much but the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep great observation from a very rich man what he's doing is he's addressing certain myths that that are related to wealth and the reason why he addresses these illusions is because they rob us of God's blessings you see for many possessing great wealth is the goal of their lives they see the advantages attached to wealth and they pursue these advantages they set a goal they attempt to work until they achieve their goal and in their pursuit of wealth he's saying you can forget God and you can instead of being driven by your faith in God you can be driven by greed now we use the word greed greed is defined as an excessive desire to possess more than what one needs or deserves especially with respect to material wealth it's an excessive desire to have more somebody said greed is a fat demon with a small mouth whatever you feed it is never enough and that's a good way to put it you see when driven by greed it's easy to forget God because you're you're pursuing personal gain you're pursuing personal wealth the children of Israel were told by God that he would bless them but he also warned them God promised them I will bless you but there will be pitfalls in Deuteronomy 8 18 and 19 he said it like this you shall remember the Lord your God for it is he who gives you power to get wealth that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers as it is this day then it shall be if you by any means forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and serve them and worship them I testify against you this day you shall surely perish he said I am the one who gives you power to get wealth but don't forget who gave you that power you see Solomon has already shared concerning what he would refer to as a futility of wealth he said that he had gathered silver he had gathered gold he had special treasures of kings but after doing so he concluded by saying I hated all my labor I have to leave it all behind so he realized that all of his labors were wasted if they lacked an eternal perspective that's why Jesus said in Matthew 6 19 and 20 do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy where thieves break in and steal lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven or neither moth nor rust destroys where thieves do not break in and steal so Solomon addresses four myths concerning wealth and these myths are present even today these are the four myths and we'll look at them briefly one money can buy happiness two money solves every problem three money brings peace of mind four money brings security he's actually addressing this first money can buy happiness well what does he say in verse 10 he who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver nor he who loves abundance with increase its vanity so when somebody loves money he thinks it can buy happiness he says that's not true when he speaks concerning loving the word love speaks having an appetite for so he who loves or has an appetite for silver will not be satisfied the word satisfied means to be fulfilled the one who loves abundance the word abundance speaks of wealth and then he uses the word increase with increase the word increase speaks of income an appetite for income will never satisfies you many people believe that money produces lasting satisfaction and because they believe this their lives are wrapped up in making money they love it they think about it they strive for it controlled by it they guard it their lives are driven by a desire for it they think about how they're going to get more of it but in this pursuit they lose everything that has value and they end up with nothing that matters Luke 12 15 Jesus said watch out be on your guard against all kinds of greed a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions Jesus said that this is the one who said foxes have holes and birds have nests but the son of man has no place to lay his head he created all things yet had no place to rest his head and yet he didn't need those things because he had something deeper he said they have left me and now i'm alone but i'm not alone he told his father in prayer he said for you're with me see ultimately what satisfies is a relationship with the Lord because that's something that continues into eternity and the possessions that somebody may give everything everything up for it has a short shelf life we know that but that's what he's pointing out the second thing he says verse 11 when goods increase they increase who eat them so what profit have the owners except to see them with their eyes he addresses the myth that money solves problems we need money of course just to survive but money isn't the solution for every problem Solomon says the more you have the more people are around to help you spend it that's true hey listen if you win the jackpot of some sort you're going to have a lot of relatives you didn't even know existed they will be calling you up but not only will you have people you didn't know existed trying to hit you up for some cash the IRS will be there to help you spend it I promise you you see wealth often attracts friends and relatives you didn't know and friends and relatives will show up and they're going to enjoy your hospitality that doesn't normally happen to somebody who has no money in Proverbs 14 20 it says the poor man's hated even by his own neighbor but the rich have many friends so many who are wealthy never know who sincerely loves them and who is using them that's why there are some who don't want people to know they have money because there just are too many people who want your money and there are people that don't allow people to know how much they have there are others who actually disguise themselves when they go out because there's so many people who will shamelessly come and ask for something from them so again if we think that money solves every problem it really doesn't because having a great amount of money produces its own kind of problems so he warns against that verse 12 the sleep of a labor man is sweet whether he eats little or much but the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep the third myth is that money brings peace of mind Solomon points out that an ordinary working man sleeps better than the rich man because the rich have security guards fences videos alarm systems on their homes they have bulletproof vehicles and other things around to protect them and their goods very rich people can have insomnia because they're never able to rest and that's true because they never know who's going to come to get their money and so that's the point he's saying keep that in mind and then finally verse 13 there is a severe evil which i have seen under the sun riches kept for their owner to his own herd those riches perish through misfortune when he begets a son there's nothing in his hand as he came from his mother's womb naked shall he return to go as he came and he shall take nothing from his labor which he may carry away in his hand and this also is a severe evil just exactly as he came so shall he go and what profit has he who has labored for the wind all his days he eat he also eats in darkness he has much sorrow and sickness and anger and so he addresses the myth that money brings security a wealthy miser ends up losing his fortune through bad business decisions he thought that all his problems were solved when he became rich yet through poor money management he ends up with nothing to leave behind afraid of letting his money work for him he became a miser and he lost it in the end he's back where he started from he has nothing to leave for a son so Solomon is saying he had trusted in his riches and the riches let him down because he was rich he trusted those riches as its protection even his identity but when he lost it all he had no parachute to break his fall according to verse 17 he ends his days in sorrow sickness and anger the fact is we all die and take nothing with us and ultimately we give our account to the Lord in Proverbs 22 verse 2 the rich and the poor have this in common the Lord is the maker of them all and then finally 18 through 20 here's what I've seen it's good in fitting for one to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him for it is his heritage as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth and given him power to eat of it to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor this is the gift of God for he will not dwell unduly on the day on the days of his life because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart a person who has learned to trust the Lord is blessed because of it he doesn't have a lot of stresses because he's trusting in the one who blesses and because he has that he's okay he works he enjoys labor of his hand but altogether he knows his prophet has come because of his relationship to his God and so because that is true he just eats and he drinks what he's produced and lives in faith he rejoices again because God has blessed him verse 20 he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart he's not looking back with regrets or worrying about today because God is blessing his life daily and that that's a that's a great thing to learn isn't it that God is with you day by day every day every moment every instant he's with you he's aware of your needs he's aware of everything that you desire and he knows what is best for you he allows us to speak and ask him but he knows what he's going to give me because some of the things I've asked him for are things that would wither my soul you know he one of the psalms speaks of how him giving them their requests but sent leanness to their soul there are times that you may ask for something where the Lord relents and hands it to you but it ends up withering your spiritual life it wasn't something you needed and so it's always wise to just get up in the morning say God this is the day that you have made I will rejoice and be glad in it and I'm going to serve you today and God says right on I'll be with you from this moment till you go to sleep and by the way when you're asleep I'm still awake watching you because you belong to me I can't take my eyes off you I love you so much so just enjoy your time with me and I'll bless you now that's a good way to live and Solomon has seen that