Many Christians follow the Epicurean philosophy: “Let us eat, drink, and be merry; for tomorrow we die.” They indulge, but they don’t enjoy, in spite of the fact we are told God gave us all things richly to enjoy. Why, then, the emptiness when they are full? the hunger pains after eating? and the sorrow after elation? It is because they have left God out of their lives. Like the man in Ecclesiastes who had it all but found life was not worth living without God.
To de-thrown Christ is to lose the key of life. All knowledge, mirth, and wealth leave a restless soul, apart from Him. Life is valueless without Jesus Christ; for we are told He is our life. Every blessing becomes boresome, if He is absent. We become cynical, pessimistic, and even fatalistic. Jesus is the Spice of Life, and without this Divine Ingredient, life is bland.
The wise man put God out of his life and lived only for the things “under the sun,” leaving him severely depressed. It’s beholding the One over the sun that makes life, and all that’s in it, an enjoyment. When we look into the mirror, we need to see the Christ’s image. If not, you’ll experience the vanity of an unyielded life.
They lose nothing who gain Christ. (Samuel Rutherford)
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