Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Ecclesiastes 12:1

“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Ecclesiastes 12:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Ecclesiastes 12. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
  • Ecclesiastes 11:8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
  • Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
  • Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  • Luke 18:16But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
  • Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • 2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Samuel 16:12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
  • Psalms 90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
  • Luke 2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
  • Ecclesiastes 11:10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
  • 2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? …
  • Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • 2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

More to meet God in Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:1Ecclesiastes 4:9Ecclesiastes 5:8Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 11:9Ecclesiastes 9:10Ecclesiastes 3:2Ecclesiastes 10:12Ecclesiastes 10:19Ecclesiastes 3:7Ecclesiastes 3:17Ecclesiastes 9:11Ecclesiastes 11:8Ecclesiastes 7:14

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.