Solomon in Ecclesiastes 1:3 tried everything in life apart from an obedient relationship with God and found that there was no lasting satisfaction in processions, pleasures, power or prestige. No matter what he accomplished or acquired, life was empty!
Solomon, like so many of us, saw life only under the sun instead of looking, as Paul said to the Colossians in chapter 3:1-3 to, “Seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Jesus asked in Matt. 16:26, “What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”
Solomon made the mistake as many of us do by placing the world above the Word and the outcome was a disaster in his life. If life is only measured between the limits of the earth and under the sun then what is our benefit? We all spend our lives working, laboring if you will, and in the end what will we have to show for it? Only one life to live, only life lived for God will matter!
Oh dear Christian won’t you say like me the words of Solomon after completing his quest for the meaning of life, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing whether good or evil.”