Days of Light & Darkness

These two verses will bring an end to the section that we have just studied in Chapter 11; of doing your good works while you can, while you have life. They also provide a connecting link to the last section of the book, the conclusion, in which all that has gone before will be summed up and applied by Solomon. The truth that he is emphasizing is that life is fleeting and vain; that is, if you do not live it for God. This is a truth which should be remembered, but it is all too easy to forget it. Solomon had to learn it the hard way, as I suspect many of us will have to do. So, 1st of all I want you to think with me about the sweetness and the pleasantness of light. And then 2nd, I want you to think with me about the days of darkness, which will be many. And then 3rd – We will conclude by thinking together about the statement – All that is coming is vanity.