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"I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom"

Text: Ecclesiastes 1:13

SEEKING DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

The Preacher was deeper troubled by what he had understood about life. His heart and mind were stirred to learn and discover a deeper understanding of life.

“I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
concerning all that is done under heaven;
this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man,
by which they may be exercised.”
Ecclesiastes 1:12-13

1. “I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem”

a) The author (the Preacher) identified himself further.

b) He was the king over Israel in Jerusalem.

2. “And I set my heart to seek”

a) The “heart” represented:

i) His sincerity.

ii) His determination.

b) “To seek”

i) He was on a quest.

ii) He would search till he found the answers he sought.

3. “And search out by wisdom”

a) Wisdom would include:

i) Full mental faculties.

ii) The heart must work alongside.

b) “Seek and Search”

i) They go together.

ii) No effort would be spared to investigate and discover knowledge about life.

4. “Concerning all that is done under heaven”

a) His focus was not of things in heaven.

b) He wanted to understand life on earth.

5. “This burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised”

a) Life in itself can be a burdensome task.

b) The burdensome task could always be a reference to the work we do on earth.

c) “The sons of man”

This simply means “the human being” (man).

d) Life and work can truly try a man.

i) His mettle is exercised.

ii) His whole being (heart, mind and soul) may be exercised because of the burdens of life on earth.