Ecclesiasties Chapter One... Make every choice count for eternity!

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Man thinks himself very clever as though he has found something new but in reality we follow the exact same pattern that has been followed all generations. In the Last days knowledge has increased, things are smaller, faster, and cheaper and yet mans life follows the exact same pattern, as always it has never changed. 2 Peter 3:10-11 We are born, we learn to do good or evil, we raise families, we grow old and we die and are measured by our works. Knowing this is true our lifes focus should not be selfish but selfless making holiness and "the common good and welfare of mankind our business" because although we cannot affect the cycle of this world we can greatly affect our eternity.

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Life’s cycle repeats over and over again with every generation. For example in V:7 he talks about the cycle of the waters all of the rivers empty into the sea, yet, the sea is not full because it returns the water back to the rivers (evaporation to clouds to rain or snow). Since the flood it has always been so. This does not make it mundane but rather an incredible miracle to have such precise repeatability over multiple millennia’s. What manufacturing supervisor would not be thrilled beyond description to have such precision in his plant? Yet as we have been saying during this very repeatable cycle mankind lives out his life making choices; although the earth will repeat the cycle over and over again we ourselves only have one opportunity to make everything we do count. Instead of seeing the futility of everything (because of the continual repetition of the earths cycle and our inability to do anything to affect it) we need to make our own personal choices count on this terrestrial ball!