Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1 – Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.  Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.  Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

ENJOY LIFE . . .

1. By avoiding temptation to indulge in sinful pleasures

Ecc. 11:9, Eph. 2:1-3, Ecc. 2:1, Ecc. 2:10-11, Jer. 17:9, Prov. 4:5-6

a. Enjoy our work

Ecclesiastes 3:22

b. Enjoy God’s Provision and Blessings to Us

Ecclesiastes 5:18

c. Enjoy Human Relationships

Ecclesiastes 9:9, 1 Timothy 6:17

ENJOY LIFE . . .

2. By discerning its fleeting and vain nature

Ecc. 11:10, Ecc. 3:1-8

ENJOY LIFE . . .

3. By being conscious of our Creator/creature relationship

Ecc. 12:1-8, Ecc. 12:5, Ecc. 12:7

This remembrance of our Creator may be directed in four ways . . .

a. His authority over us – Isaiah 44:24

b. His commands given to us – Genesis 17:1, 1 John 5:3

c. His presence with us – Jeremiah 23:24

d. His love and faithfulness toward us – Zephaniah 3:17