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.
Reading through Ecclesiastes, you will find all the pleasures available to all of us. I can find myself spending a lifetime if I’m not aware of chasing them. What are you after today? Am I chasing the pleasure that offers moments of happiness or chasing an eternal Kingdom with Him?
“Pleasures are meaningless” is a phrase that appears in the Bible in Ecclesiastes 2:1-11. Remember the following lines:
“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”
“I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them”
“I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil”
“I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing the wind. Nothing was gained on this earth”
Today’s Readings: Ecclesiastes 1-3, Psalms 45, 2 Timothy 1