Ecc. 12: Remember God's Commands

Ecclesiastes 12:13 "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

Ecclesiastes, despite being hopelessly cynical in tone at times, wraps up with a command we've heard numerous times. "Fear God and keep his commandments." That is the source of true joy and happiness and fulfillment in a meaningless existence under the sun. God has given life for a meaning, and Ecclesiastes is all about perspective. What a joyless hopeless existence if this is all there is, if this is our one go round and there is nothing beyond.

The word of God is the fixed point.