Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ecclesiastes 2:12-17
by: Dale E. Rood.
A few verses back, Solomon indicated the great responsibility wisdom carries with it. Now he considers the futility of it. Why struggle with all that responsibility when nothing will come of it? The wise man will die forgotten just the same as the fool. This does not mean that there is no value in pursuing wisdom or that one is better off being a fool. It means, rather, that the pursuit of wisdom as an end in itself has no meaning. Consider: are there circumstances when it would be meaningful to pursue wisdom?