Without God everything is vanity, futile! Without God only one story can be told and that is the story of how absurd everything is. Without God man is
In relationship with nothing but himself ultimately. He has nothing to choose and he's just piece of clay, so whatever the clay wants, that's the object of that exercise.
Here is a list of Solomon's vanities. Now, at the end of his life, Solomon was a man who said that his life was empty and had no real value and was worthless. Solomon was a man who had it made; he was one of the most successful, wealthy, educated and wise people on the earth, yet we get to see his mind at the end of his life, where he says he wasted his life. He wasted his life because he did not prepare to die; he did not prepare for the afterlife. Here is a list of Solomon's vanities:
Works done under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:4)
The enjoyment of pleasure (Ecc 2:1)
Wisdom (Ecc 2:15)
Leaving your goods to someone else (Ecc 2:21)
The labour of wicked people who will have to be passed to those who are 'good' (Ecc 2:26)
A man's physical life (Ecc 3:19)
A man being envied for doing right (Ecc 4:4)
A man who lives for himself (Ecc 4:7)
The failure of a leader to be appreciated (Ecc 4:16)
The love of money (Ecc 5:10)
The inability to enjoy wealth (Ecc 6:2)
Coveting - by letting your desires wander all over the place to lust after various things (Ecc 6:9)
The unsatisfied appetite (Ecc 6:7)
The laughter of the fool (Ecc 7:6)
No wonder that at the conclusion of Solomon's sermon, he cries out 'Vanity of vanities; all is vanity!' He begins and ends his sermon with the same text (Ecc 1:2 - Ecc 12:8).
Don't pursue things that don't transfer over at death. Live your life cognizant of the fact that your life is short and spend your time glorifying Jesus Christ and setting your affection on Heavenly things. Make sure you get to the end of your life like the Apostle Paul who said, I am now ready to be offered and the time my departure is at hand. He said, I have fought the good fight. He said, I have finished my course. And he said, I have kept the faith. He said, I am ready to die.
Here is a list of Solomon's vanities. Now, at the end of his life, Solomon was a man who said that his life was empty and had no real value and was worthless. Solomon was a man who had it made; he was one of the most successful, wealthy, educated and wise people on the earth, yet we get to see his mind at the end of his life, where he says he wasted his life. He wasted his life because he did not prepare to die; he did not prepare for the afterlife. Here is a list of Solomon's vanities:
Works done under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:4)
The enjoyment of pleasure (Ecc 2:1)
Wisdom (Ecc 2:15)
Leaving your goods to someone else (Ecc 2:21)
The labour of wicked people who will have to be passed to those who are 'good' (Ecc 2:26)
A man's physical life (Ecc 3:19)
A man being envied for doing right (Ecc 4:4)
A man who lives for himself (Ecc 4:7)
The failure of a leader to be appreciated (Ecc 4:16)
The love of money (Ecc 5:10)
The inability to enjoy wealth (Ecc 6:2)
Coveting - by letting your desires wander all over the place to lust after various things (Ecc 6:9)
The unsatisfied appetite (Ecc 6:7)
The laughter of the fool (Ecc 7:6)
No wonder that at the conclusion of Solomon's sermon, he cries out 'Vanity of vanities; all is vanity!' He begins and ends his sermon with the same text (Ecc 1:2 - Ecc 12:8).
Don't pursue things that don't transfer over at death. Live your life cognizant of the fact that your life is short and spend your time glorifying Jesus Christ and setting your affection on Heavenly things. Make sure you get to the end of your life like the Apostle Paul who said, I am now ready to be offered and the time my departure is at hand. He said, I have fought the good fight. He said, I have finished my course. And he said, I have kept the faith. He said, I am ready to die.
