How to stop wasting time and start living with meaning

Life goes faster than we think. According to the CDC, the average American life expectancy is 78.4 years. Imagine your entire life as 78 boxes. How many have you already filled? And more importantly, how are you living the one you are in right now? In this message, Pastor Mike Standish closes our series “Made for Meaning” by walking through Ecclesiastes 12 and the sobering, hopeful reminder that you do not beat vanity by adding more boxes. You beat vanity by faithfully living your current box. Whether you are a teenager, a young adult, in the thick of midlife, or very aware of your “last box,” this teaching will help you: 📦 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1) 📦 See aging through the poetic lens Solomon gives us in Ecclesiastes 12:2–7 📦 Trade spiritual amnesia for covenant awareness and daily trust in God 📦 Move from comfort to responsibility, self to others, temporary to eternal 📦 Understand why information is not the same as transformation 📦 Learn what it really means to fear God and keep his commands (Ecclesiastes 12:13) 📦 Find hope that for followers of Jesus, death is not the last box Pastor Mike also challenges the next generation to give God their first and their best, and calls older adults to intentionally “give away their box” by mentoring, discipling, and investing in those coming behind them. If you have ever wondered what to do with the time you have left, or felt the sting of aging, regret, or wasted years, this message will help you number your days and gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12). Scripture references: Ecclesiastes 12:1–14, Psalm 90:12, Genesis 3, 2 Timothy 2:2, Proverbs 27:6, 1 Corinthians 8, 13, Philippians 2 This message is titled: "The End of the Matter" by Pastor Mike Standish Grace Church Orlando SERIES Made for Meaning: From Empty Pursuits to Eternal Purpose INTRODUCE YOURSELF & FIND YOUR NEXT STEP: https://discovergrace.com/next SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://discovergrace.com/subscr