❤️ of the Matter:
Join us for a visually stunning reading of Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 where King Solomon breaks down the futility of pleasure.
The BIG 📸:
King Solomon embarks on a journey of pleasure in an attempt to discover what is good during the brief life God allows us under the sun.
The King and wise teacher examined laughter, the fruit of the vine, extravagant homes, massive vineyards, concierge service fit for kings, beautiful women and, endless money at his disposal.
Consider the richest man in the world of our time, which happens to be Elon Musk. King Solomon was that and he experienced for us all the things that comes with what many of us aspire to namely wealth, power and notoriety. And yet, he describes all of it as meaningless - a chasing after the wind. Why is that?
Have you ever worked so hard to get a certain thing and once you got it, it felt good for awhile but soon after the feeling faded? I would have to imagine it’s like that. I get the sense that we want to arrive at a state of satiation, but the reality is that moment never comes because this world was never meant to be our permanent home.
We might fool ourselves with the illusion of satisfaction, but deep down lies an emptiness that can only be filled by the one who created us and not created things. But we cannot know the who created if we spend our lives fixated on the illusion. One has to stop long enough, look in the mirror, and ask the hard questions of what it means to be human?
Pleasure for pleasure’s sake, pleasure in created things, and pleasure apart from God is not the answer.
The 🍞 of Life:
After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world. - Ecclesiastes 2:3
So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. - Ecclesiastes 2:9
But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere. - Ecclesiastes 2:11
So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?). I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness. - Ecclesiastes 2:12-13
So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? - Ecclesiastes - 2:24-25
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To Thy Matchless Glory👑