"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."
{Ecclesiastes 2:11} (NIV1984)
Pleasure,
laughter, wine, building projects, gardening, landscaping, fruit farming,
employees, herds, flocks, money, treasure, hiring professional musicians, and a
large harem. Solomon was busy! This man accomplished many things and did them
big! Most of us are limited to only working on a few of these things in our
life. Imagine the work, the energy, the mind power, the toil involved in what
Solomon accomplished. We would do well to listen to his words: all of it was
meaningless, nothing was gained. Perhaps we wonder how that could be
true. Friend, what Solomon is teaching us, what the Bible teaches us, is that
everything we do for ourselves, with our own strength is meaningless. Only
those things we do for our Lord Jesus, and in His strength, has any lasting
meaning or any gain for us. It is only His kingdom that will last,
everything else will burn up. May we learn from Solomon and examine where our
energies, money and mind power are focused. May we be true servants of the Most
High God this day. May we do something today that is meaningful, something
that builds His kingdom!
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