In What Is It Like Down Under?, Dr. Michael Youssef leads listeners through Solomon’s urgent warning in Ecclesiastes: life “under the sun”—life without God—is empty, restless, and passing away. Pleasure, wealth, achievement, knowledge, power, and even religion without surrender to God cannot satisfy the soul. But life “above the sun,” lived under the authority of God’s inerrant Word and in fellowship with Jesus Christ, brings true joy, wisdom, purpose, and eternal assurance. In this six-part series, Dr. Youssef calls every listener to repent of chasing what cannot save, fear God, and live for His glory while interceding for those still trapped in the futility of life apart from Christ.

Dr. Michael Youssef warns that a person can lose everything while chasing nothing. Solomon chased pleasure, wealth, knowledge, status, and dead religion, yet none gave him peace. In Ecclesiastes, God’s inerrant Word shows that true wisdom is not human cleverness but the power to make godly choices under the Lordship of Christ. Wisdom teaches us to number our days, receive correction, fear God, and live with eternity before our eyes. Only Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, can save sinners and give the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom. Believers must intercede for those living under the sun, asking God to bring them to repentance and eternal life.