No Amount of Stuff Will Ever Satisfy

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 – We can experience pleasures, obtain possessions, and intensify pursuits, and still feel empty inside. Even if we have all this world tries to offer, we will not find satisfaction here.

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Pleasure (2:1-11)

• Solomon indulged himself in pleasure as a distraction from life’s letdowns. 
• No matter how much he accomplished or experienced, he still felt empty. 

Wisdom (2:12-17)

• Solomon preferred wisdom to folly since it illuminated many of life’s dark areas.
• Regardless of how wise he became, he realized that he would never be able to cheat death.

Work (2:18-23)

• Solomon became depressed once he realized that all of his life’s earnings would pass to another.
• Work became a consuming chore with no chance of satisfying closure.

Consider

• If you seek to find meaning in what you should enjoy, you’ll end up miserable (2:24-26)
• Rid yourself of any pleasurable distraction that is either sinful or unhelpful.
• Process your work as more than delivering temporal benefits to yourself.
• Grasp the fact that we will all die one day, and you must plan accordingly.