Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
ECCLESIASTES STUDY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What did you find new, encouraging, or convicting from studying Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 this week?
Why do we get frustrated or anxious about time? What are some common things we say about time? What does this reveal about us?
How do you feel when reflecting on how short life is? Why is it good for us to reflect on our limited number of days or to know our end (cf. Psalm 90:12 and 39:4)? What should that reflection produce in us?
What happens when we don’t reflect on our limited time, nature, and abilities?
If we are not the masters of our fate or captains of our souls as we think, then what does the Professor want us to do according to Ecclesiastes 3:12-14 and 12:13? Why is that difficult?
How is God different from us with regard to time (cf. Psalm 90:2-11, Job 36:26, Acts 17:26, Dan 2:21, Is 46:10, Josh 10:13, Ecc 3:14a)? How does that encourage you?
If everything is under the loving and wise control of the God who is over the sun, how should we respond (cf. Ecc 3:14b, Psalm 90:12, 31:15, Heb 9:27, Eph 5:15-16, Acts 17:30-31)?
Why do meaning, purpose, and significance matter so much to us? How does the hope of Jesus change our work here and now based on 1 Corinthians 15:58? How will you approach your work differently this week, keeping in mind Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 and 1 Corinthians 15:58?
When reflecting on our limited time, our inability to control time, and our coming death, we might be tempted to despair. What does Paul encourage us to remember in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 14, 17-19, 20, 54-58?
What area of your life do you need to remember God’s loving and wise rule over time?
What will you take away and apply this week from our study in Ecclesiastes 3:1-15?
