On a recent morning I ran five miles with my dog. I use a phone app to track all my runs. That day, as we finished the run by entering our driveway, I opened the phone with my fingerprint, hit “stop” on the app, and to my surprise my app said I had just run 5.00 miles in 40 minutes 00 seconds, for a pace of 8:00 minutes per mile. 5.00, 40:00, 8:00. All those wonderfully even numbers! That had never happened before! Every other time, something was slightly off. It doesn’t take much for the mileage or pace to be off. But this was…perfection.

How about you? Do you have any similar desire in your life for perfection? Does it get under your skin when you don’t achieve that perfection?

This week in our ongoing study through Ecclesiastes, the Teacher has more practical wisdom for us. I was surprised to read that the Teacher has a bone to pick with perfectionism. See for yourselves in Ecclesiastes 7:15-8:8. Then watch the video as we study this further.