Follow The Shepherd

In the movie Barbie, Barbie briefly ruins a party when she abruptly asks everyone dancing with her: "Do you guys ever think about dying?"  We might be tempted to think about the book of Ecclesiastes like that. This book shows up, and some are wondering if it's here to bring us all down. But there is something much more glorious and life-altering happening for those with ears to hear and eyes to see what is within the book of Ecclesiastes. Life is full of frustrations. The more things change, the more they stay the same. We get stuck in ruts. Pain does not always equal gain. No food or entertainment seems to truly satisfy. Worse, when we acknowledge this, we're tempted to just shuffle through one unsatisfying "fix" after another.  The book of Ecclesiastes causes us to ask ourselves "What am I truly living for?" Is our highest hope in what people will say about us when we're gone?  Are we just hoping to eat, drink, & be merry, for tomorrow we die?  All we, like sheep who have gone astray, are being called by the one Shepherd to follow Him.  This Sunday we'll answer the questions: what is Ecclesiastes about, why should you care, and what's it got to do with Jesus Christ?