Ecclesiastes 7:10 (ESV Strong's)
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Wisdom Knows to Live in the Moment
The “Lover” archetype is the pattern of behavior that demonstrates a “clinging” to something. The Lover is very passionate about life and holds to many traditions and many memories. They are “in love” with those times, places, events, people, objects that, for some reason, give them a sense of warmth. It is not a bad behavior, at least it does not have to be. Yet, when you long for something of those past comforts, it can give you a false sense of reality. It can make it hard for you to adjust to the real, active world right in front of you. That might be what the Teacher of Ecclesiastes is trying to say to us in the above verse. Wanting to go back to the “way things were,” he says, is not coming from a place of wisdom. Life changes. Life unfolds. It is not wise to what yesteryear, or yesterday back. We often think of the past with rose colored glasses. We fail to remember the struggles of yesterday, while at the same time longing for it. God’s wisdom is to consider today:
Matthew 6:31-34 (ESV Strong's)
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Wisdom looks to God for today and let’s yesterday lay and tomorrow wait. We ought not to long for yesterday anymore than tomorrow. Wisdom knows the value of living in the moment.
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