“A man’s got to know his limitations.”
I have a feeling that’s an old Clint Eastwood line from somewhere. At any rate, the next six verses
of Ecclesiastes are all about human limitations in a fallen world. Verses 19
and 20 have to do with mankind’s moral limitations, verses 21-22 with our interpersonal limitations, and verses 23-34 with our philosophical limitations.
Basically, we are sinners who don’t get along. Moreover, outside of God’s word, we are incapable of
coming up with any reasonable explanation why that might be. We don’t act
right, we don’t socialize right, and we don’t think right. That’s a fairly
hefty indictment.
