In a world where truth and trends are always changing and ever-evolving, it is impossible to know the way the best way to live your life. God’s Word is unchanging, providing a fixed reference point in which to measure. 

In a postmodern world, all meaning is relative and self-determined. This may seem freeing, but it is the equivalent of trying to navigate an ocean in a boat made of water, in a rainstorm, and trying to escape the water with a ladder made of liquid. There is no fixed point of reference and nothing to hold onto.

By contrast, God's Word provides a reference point in which to measure and build our lives.

As the preacher writes his conclusion in Ecclesiastes 12, he employs the congregation of Israel to remember their creator. His final challenge is to fear God and recognize that God is our Shepherd and desires to lead us. Are you willing to follow?