I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. – Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NIV)
Have you noticed how it seems like so many people are living life for fun and pleasure? I hear many people around me say that the purpose of life is having fun and making memories. God isn’t against you enjoying life by any means. However, living life only for fun and please comes up short.
God has created something better – it’s knowing Him.
A life lived for only fun and pleasure does bring some joy and happiness. However, the end result of that life is the realization that it doesn’t provide lasting satisfaction, or as our verse today says, it’s meaningless.
You can gain everything the world has to offer. Fame can be yours, money can be yours, whatever pleasures can be yours. But the end of that pursuit often leads a person to realize that those things aren’t fulfilling.
Today’s Truth: Lasting Contentment Comes From Knowing God.
It’s when you realize that nothing other than God and His ways really satisfy that you become truly content. God’s ways are better. They give life purpose and meaning. When you begin to pursue God, His ways, and His kingdom, you realize that you are at more peace then you are when you chase the things of the world.
So today challenge yourself to think about these truths. Think through the implications of them in your life. Realize that knowing God and learning His ways and Him is really the way to lasting contentment. A life lived for memories and fun does have some joy, but lasting joy comes from knowing God.
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