“I said in my heart, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.’ But behold, this also was vanity. . . .Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
Pleasures pursued for their own sake will never bring us lasting joy or life. Human desires run in a million different directions. We can spend our entire lives seeking to see our desires met. If we make this our god, though, we will never cease our running. One desire will give way to another and to another and to another. There will always be something new and better to want. We will wind up running until our legs give out and then we will crawl until our strength is gone. In the end, we will be left with only more unfulfilled desires. Read the rest…
