"Live Your Life With Purpose" ~ Ecc. 12:1,6-8

🎙️ Kingdom Corner Podcast

Live Your Life With Purpose

Ecclesiastes 12:1, 6–8

Air Date: January 9, 2026

Episode Length: ~20 minutes

Series: Searching for Significance – A Devotional Journey Through Ecclesiastes (Final Reading)

📖 Episode Overview

In this special Friday episode of The Kingdom Corner Podcast, Matt Geib concludes the final chapter and closing reflections from his devotional book, Searching for Significance: A Devotional Journey Through Ecclesiastes.

Drawing from Ecclesiastes 12 and James 4, Matt reflects on the brevity of life, the certainty of eternity, and the urgency of living with God-given purpose—before the silver cord is broken. This episode is both a farewell to a long devotional journey and a gentle yet sobering call to examine our hearts, relationships, and priorities while time remains.

🕊️ Key Scriptures Explored

1. Ecclesiastes 12:1, 6–8 – Remember your Creator before life slips away
2. James 4:13–14 – Life is a vapor; tomorrow is never guaranteed
3. Psalm 17:15 – Satisfaction found in beholding God
4. 1 John 4:16 – Abiding in love, abiding in God
5. Jeremiah 29:11 – God’s purposes and future hope
6. Matthew 6:14–15 – The weight and freedom of forgiveness
7. Ephesians 4:1–2 – Walking worthy in humility and love
8. 1 Corinthians 6:19 – Our bodies as God’s temple
9. Ecclesiastes 12:13–14 (Amplified) – The final word: fear God, keep His commands

💔 A Personal Moment

Matt shares a deeply moving personal story surrounding the passing of his brother-in-law and a final bedside prayer—illustrating the urgency of reconciliation with God and the reality that eternity is never far away.

This moment anchors the episode emotionally and spiritually, reminding listeners that purpose is not theoretical—it is eternal.

✍️ Five Life Reflections from the Episode

1. Stay close to the Father — never drift too far to return quickly
2. Don’t live with regret — seek God’s purpose and act on it now
3. Keep short accounts — forgive freely; love deeply
4. Care for your body — it is God’s dwelling place
5. Express love often — today is never guaranteed to repeat

🔍 Significance Point

Solomon’s conclusion to life “under the sun” is simple, weighty, and unavoidable:

Fear God and keep His commandments—this is the whole duty of man.

True significance is not found in achievement, pleasure, or possession, but in reverent obedience and faithful living before God.

🧭 Closing Reflections: The End of the Matter

Matt reflects on the enduring relevance of Ecclesiastes, especially in uncertain times, and highlights how honesty, vulnerability, adversity, and generosity are essential ingredients in a meaningful life.

Final encouragements include:

1. Discern the season you are living in
2. Follow the God-placed longing in your heart
3. Be a comfort and solution to others
4. View adversity as a gift that forms you
5. Live generously and purposefully

📚 Featured Resource

Searching for Significance: A Devotional Journey Through Ecclesiastes

by Matthew P. Geib

A short, daily devotional designed to be read slowly and prayerfully.

Available on Amazon.

🔔 What’s Next?

Matt returns Tuesday with Kingdom People in the Pages of History, continuing reflections drawn from history through a biblical lens—including the closing arc of the Vietnam War series based on The Nightingale Song.

🙏 Closing Prayer

May you know that serving God is what you were created for.

Walk in purpose. Walk in love. Walk in reverence.