Chasing after the wind makes life meaningless!
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 “Meaningless! Meaningless!... Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
§ The more we pursue the things that this life can offer, the more we find that it is empty, and meaningless.
§ You can never be satisfied!
3 reasons why life is meaningless / Chasing after the wind
1. Without a purpose in God, life is meaningless.
2. Without the fear of the Lord, life is meaningless.
3. Without the cross, life is meaningless.
1. Without a purpose in God, life is meaningless.
Colossians 1:16 “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him”
§ Only the inventor can tell you what the invention is for…
§ The invention itself can never tell you what its own purpose is for!
§ God, our inventor and creator, sees the COMPLETE picture of our lives
§ We as the inventions, we just see little pixels of our lives!
§ SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO? – We should realign our lives with God’s planned destiny and purpose for us
2. Without the fear of the Lord, life is meaningless.
Fear of the Lord -> Gives us wisdom & leads us in the direction that God wants us to go to
§ Ecclesiastes 12:13 “..we must fear God and keep his commandments…”
§ Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
§ Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
§ Proverbs 10:27 “The fear of the Lord adds length to life...”
§ Proverbs 14:27 “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life…”
§ Proverbs 16:6 “…through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil”
§ Proverbs 19:23 “The fear of the Lord leads to life: THEN ONE RESTS CONTENT, UNTOUCHED BY TROUBLE.”
§ Proverbs 15:16 “Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.”
Hence, choose to fear and follow the Lord?
§ YES = you’ll have the protection and covering of the Lord.
§ NO = without God, we seek our own direction but we will somehow, never find it! Even if you have success, not the full potential, not the entire success that God has planned for you to have.
3. Without the cross, life is meaningless. – THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CROSS
§ He COMPLETED THE WORK and gave us the POWER TO DO THINGS WE NEED TO DO and reminds that no matter what happens HE HAS GIVEN US HIS LOVE = John 3:16
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