Emptiness and the Bible Have a look at the book of Ecclesiastes. It has great wisdom on the emptiness and meaningless of life without God. What does man gain for his labour that he toils under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 1:3) Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 2:11) I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. (Ecclesiastes 2:18-20) These are just a few glimpses. If you take some time to think about everything we strive for in life. Sometimes its meaningless and gives us an empty feeling. We work so hard that we become like slaves to our job. Why? Make money. Why? To eat, buy things. Why all these possession? Because it makes my life easier. So we spend all our times buying things we dont have time to enjoy? We grow up, get married, have kids, get old, and die, leaving all that we bought to other people. What does we leave with? Naked a man comes from his mothers womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. (Ecclesiastes 5:15) Sometimes we go for power or fame. Celebrities try so hard to be famous, then demand privacy and wonder why papprazzi are obsessed with their lives. Isnt that also meaningless? Is it so important who remembers who in history? Of the thousands of the years passed, how many are truly remembered? And for what? The wise teacher in Ecclesiastes calls us to Remember the creator in the days of your youth. (Ecclesiastes 12:1) It is God who controls all, and only by fulfilling our lives purposes, as planned by God even before we are born, do we truly find satisfaction and purpose in each of our days. For Man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4). The Bible is to be our source of sustenance and strength also. Jesus also puts it this way in John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Are we satisfied with a life of emptiness? Theres a God shaped hole in our hearts that only God alone can fill.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:21:07 +0000
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