Those who are fearful or insecure about their relationship with God quote mostly from the Old Testament. Those who believe that life is basically trash like to quote from Ecclesiastes, the Old Testament book written by the pessimistic, disillusioned-with-life King Solomon, whose theme is “All is futile; there’s nothing new under the sun.”
Well, Solomon would have got that way after having 700 wives and 300 concubines! Experience can bring downers as well as uppers. The King first wrote a song of love (The Song of Solomon), then the Book of Proverbs, and finally, Ecclesiastes. All three are included in the Bible because each was relevant to Solomon at the time of writing. But the last, while true, is the testimony of a man who tried everything “under the sun” only to find that it all amounted to “nothing new under the sun”. It was the sum of his life experiences.
In sharp contrast, those who enjoy God’s acceptance are inclined to quote from the New Testament, and how there is always something new every day in the Son. “The Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
I’m not decrying the Old Testament, which has countless uplifting and inspiring verses (witness the Psalms). Nor am I suggesting that we exclude one in favour of the other, but rather that we should include and enjoy both as having experienced the uselessness of life for self-fulfillment’s sake, we became lovers of Jesus and lovers of “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory” (Ephesians 1:17).
So, while glorifying the Son of God as the Saviour of the world, let’s also glorify God our Father as the Creator of all things. We do not sing Solomonic dirges but solemn hymns that glorify our Creator, the Maker of heaven and earth, and joyful songs that glorify our Exalted Redeemer. (cf. Revelation 4:11 and 5:12)
It’s not a question of whether our fellowship should be with the Father or the Son, but rather which meets our momentary need or mood we’re in. The good news is that our fellowship “with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ” is also the foundation of our fellowship with one another (1 John 1:3).
So all good!