Ecclesiastes 2:3; 10-11
I tried
cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what
was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no
pleasure.My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the
reward for all my toil. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had
done and what I had toiled
to achieve,everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained
under the sun.
As we head into the 4th of July
celebration, you often see parties with lots of drinking and sometimes people
doing other questionable things that they think will bring them pleasure. King Soloman was no different, he denied
himself nothing that gave him pleasure.
He had 300 concubines and 700 wives.
He had a huge palace, yet in the end, it was all meaningless.
I think many in the world today are very similar. People chase after pleasures that they think
will make them happy, only to find that it is a short lived pleasure, and in
the end, they are left empty again.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, today I want you
to think about what brings you pleasure.
Is it something that in the end is meaningless? Or are you living a life filled with pleasures
that are pleasing to God?
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