ECCLESIASTES:
Joy that Perseveres. A Devotional Commentary
By Michael LeFebvre
Day One. 144 pages. £7.
ISBN 978 1 846 254 635
Ecclesiastes is a book with a serious reputation problem. Who really wants to be told that life is full of vanity and despair? And who wants to teach a book full of difficult sayings to their congregation, let alone their youth group?
But in this accessible little volume, Michael LeFebvre makes a convincing case that as a curriculum on truth and delight, Ecclesiastes is a book that speaks loud and clear into our world, especially to young people looking ahead to the uncertainties of adulthood. If experience teaches us to expect disappointments and sorrow, then Ecclesiastes teaches us to have realistic hope in spite of the vanities of life: ‘fearing God is the key this book offers us for knowing robust joy in a world of uncertainties’ (p.40).
