Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is used to lessen the discomfort of surgery. Its effects are typically pleasant due to the insensitivity to physical pain it causes. It has been observed that patients who are under its influence sing and laugh hysterically before passing out.
The guileful heart of a person can also numb him to the ravages of sin, giving him the illusion of health. His laughter simply reflects a momentary escape from tragedy, although giving off the sense of power and elation.
As the crackling of thorns in a fire is a sign of their destruction, so the gaiety of the sinner's conduct reveals his shallowness and the certainty of his death, according to the author of Ecclesiastes (7:1-6), who portrayed such a scenario.
He is ignorant of both the sanctity of life and the certainty of God's judgement for his transgression.
Have you avoided acknowledging your sin to God and wasted your time by focusing on the here and now? If so, you must confess your helpless, sinful state and go to the "house of mourning" (vv. 2, 4). Put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved forever. Then you can transform your silly laughter into genuine delight.
Sadness teaches us more than laughing does. The wail of sadness is preferable.
from grieving repentant people
then the laughter and joy
of the unbelief of damned sinners.
