Before the Silver Cord Breaks: Remembering Our Creator

WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT TO DO? Live life to its fullest by turning to God and trusting in Jesus now before aging weathers your allotted time, and it is gone!

BACKGROUND: Solomon had just urged young people to enjoy the days of their youth in 11:9–10. They should rejoice, have a heart of good cheer, and strive to enjoy life, but also remember that God will hold us responsible and bring us to judgment for how we use our liberty and pursue life. We are not to be sorrowful but joyful. We are to avoid being discontented and agitated. Instead, we should think right, and act right. If you are always peeved with things around you, you cannot be cheerful and happy. Dispose of these things, for the “prime of life” will soon be gone and replaced by old age.