- How does a wise person interact with someone in authority over them?
- What are strategies that could be applied when an authority figure asks us to do something that is against our conscience, character, or God’s commands?
- What four examples are given describing the limitations of being human in verses 7-9?
- What does it mean to be reverent to God?
- What results from evil that is not dealt with swiftly?
- Why do the righteous sometimes get what the wicked deserve and vice versa?
- How should a wise person respond to the inequities and injustices of this world?
- What is there nothing better for a person to do while he is laboring under the sun? How does one do this without falling into hedonism?
- What is the difference between wisdom and knowledge? What are the dangers of earthly knowledge without God-given wisdom?
Application:
1. How has God given me wisdom in the past when dealing with difficult situations involving authorities over me?
2. How can God help me combat becoming cynical or pessimistic to the unfairness I experience in this life?
3. What has God taught me in the times that I was willing to obey Him?
4. How will I give thanks to God for what he has given me today, and how will I enjoy it to His glory?
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