Ecclesiastes 5:18

"Here is what. have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward."which God has given him" -"At first sight this may look like the mere praise of simplicity and moderation; but in fact the key word is God, and the secret of life held out to us is openness to Him:. readiness to take what comes to us as heaven-sent….Once more,. positive note has broken through, and as the chapter ends we catch. glimpse of the man for whom life passes swiftly, not because it is short and meaningless but because, by the grace of God, he finds it utterly absorbing" (Kidner pp. 58-59).