Whatever He pleases

Ecclesiastes 8:2-5 "I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, 'what are you doing?'. Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way."

Ecclesiastes 12:13 "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

The WHOLE duty of man...what a way to put it! I love the writings of Solomon, he has a way of making things EXTREMELY clear. So, what is it to fear God and keep His commandments? And How can we search out and obey an eternal, immortal, invisible, God? He does what He pleases. I suppose these very attributes of God, when pondering them in our hearts cause us to fear Him, which is the beginning of wisdom. The fear of Him actually IGNITES, not hinders the love in our hearts towards him. The fear of the Lord is a proper respect for Him, and when we fear Him, respect, and revere who He is everyday, we have more of Him to forever fall in love with and forever attain "better" love which turns into what I love to call "Accidental righteousness". Summary: The more we know of God (and we will never know all of Him, we will eternally search him out), the more our hearts can fear Him, the more our hearts can love Him, and the more our hearts can "accidentally" obey Him in righteousness and keeping His commandments. As Solomon so clearly puts it..."this is the whole duty of man"....I love it and I look forward to eternally finding the pleasure of God in it! I pray the same for all of you!