Are you searching for meaning

DEC. 1, 2024

Are you searching for meaning?

"I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless." Ecc 1:14 NIV

Are you thinking that if you had more money or greater success, you would be happy?

Tennis star Boris Becker said: "I had won Wimbledon twice before, once as the youngest player. I was rich. I had all the material possessions I needed...It's the old song of movie stars and pop stars who commit suicide. They have everything, and yet they are so unhappy. I had no inner peace." Solomon made the same discovery. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Solomon tried 

• religion, 

• education, 

• money, 

• public works projects, 

• fame, 

• creative writing, 

• and sensual pleasure: 

"I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor...Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless" (Ecc 2:10-11 NIV). 

Finally, in the last chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon finds what he is looking for: "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind" (Ecc 12:13 NIV). Solomon discovered that life is not built on things but on relationships. And the first and foremost relationship you must have is a relationship with God. You say, "How do I find God?" Through Christ! Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (Jn 14:6 NKJV). Today, you can have a life-changing relationship with God by putting your trust in Jesus Christ.

Are you searching for meaning?

"Chasing after the wind"

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