everything is MEANINGLESS

how many of us thought of what is life ??? what am i doing in my life ??? why i need to work ??? why am i here on this earth ??? what do i want in life ???

haha.....but i can't give you the answer as well even though i know most of human being been through these or going through this. of coz i have thought of that as well.

lately i'm so into book of ecclesiates. it was so good and i'm addicted to it. i starts from chapter 1 of ecclesiastes where solomon said everything is MEANINGLESS. solomon is the person in bible who had everything ; wisdom, power, riches, honor, reputation, god's favor. he is mentioned in chapter 1 what the world would offer us is emptiness. whatever we are accomplishing and efforts now will meant nothing in the end. instead it is our commitment to god is the only reason for living.

solomon wrote this book based on his own experienced. as mentioned he has the riches but apart from from god nothing can make him happy. yes it's true. at times we might have all the possessions or technology or whatever we wanted but in the end of the day , what would it brings us ???happy for a period of time and that's it. it's not an everlasting happiness within us. it's just a TEMPORARY thing.

if in our life we are trying to find accomplishments in our work, material or etc rather than god , we will never be satisfied. everything we pursue will become wearisome or getting tired of it. we always need to bear in mind whatever we accomplish on the earth will disappear one day. if not we will be proud of ourselves when we succeed or felt disappointed when we fail. what solomon is trying to say is that whatever we accomplishments and possessions are meaningless. only the pursuit of god brings real satisfaction. we should honor god in all we say, think and do.

"TRUE WISDOM COMES FROM GOD ; TRUE HAPPINESS COMES FROM PLEASING HIM."

i like the explanation in verse 16-18. it says like the more we understand , the more pain and difficulty we experience. for example, the more we know, the more imperfection we see around us; the more we observe, the more evil becomes evident.

as we set out with solomon to find the meaning of life; we must be ready to feel more, think more, question more, hurt more and do more. are YOU ready to pay for the price of wisdom ???

how true it is ???are we willing to pay that price for wisdom ??? if we are going through time thinking why we are doing what we are doing now .....ask wisdom from god. whatever possessions or accomplishments we have now or in future might not be what we want and will not satisfied our needs. TRUE SATISFACTION comes from god.

why i say that also because these few years i' ve seen that in my life. i consider myself having a good life far more than a lot of people yet i felt i'm not satisfied. i've been searching and finding till i've met HIM along the way. though i am not like solomon now but i know for sure still a lot of thing i still need to learn as well gaining god's wisdom in my life.