Enjoy!

What is the Bible about, and what does it contain? Some would say the Bible is a book of stories about God and His people. I think the honest assumption of most people is that the Bible is full of many warnings and prohibitions. The Bible contains a bunch of outdated rules and regulations. The perception is that reading and following the Bible will lead to a miserable and unhappy life.  

7Go, eat your bread with joy,

and drink your wine with a merry heart,

for God has already approved what you do. 

 8Let your garments be always white.

Let not oil be lacking on your head.

9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love,

all the days of your vain life

that he has given you under the sun, 

because that is your portion in life

and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

-Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 

The Bible certainly has warnings and prohibitions, but it also has positive exhortations and encouragement to enjoy the blessings and gifts of God, to the glory of God. The Bible prescribes the good life, secured and maximized by Godly wisdom. This Sunday, we will