https://odb.org/MY/2021/11/05/finding-joy-in-the-meaningless
I think everyone probably has experienced this phenomenon – you put in so much effort to research and then save up to buy something, perhaps a guitar or a camera or a tablet, then after we get the thing, the feeling of accomplishment is fleeting. It was just a short moment of euphoria and then it’s gone – we want to pursue something else, we want to move on to the next thing – another guitar, a prime lense or something else. I guess it’s the same with acquiring wealth or savings – the first house, the first RM10,000 and we want more and more – a nicer house, a nicer car and RM100,000! There is no end to it and after all that, what we have can still be meaningless and the feeling is usually fleeting. The fairy tale concept of living happily ever after is just that, a fairy tale!
Solomon spoke about this in Ecclesiastes 2 and as a king, he was unrivalled by anyone before him in Jerusalem in terms of possessions, slaves, buildings, projects, enjoyment of the finer things in life and yet after all that, he found everything he had done and enjoyed meaningless in the sense nothing had any lasting effect.
In the end, Solomon concluded at the end of Ecclesiastes 2 that possessions and achievements are only meaningful when we have God with us, when done for God, in relation to God. Even Solomon’s great wisdom is meaningless if God is not in it.
I think the conclusion is that whatever we go through here on earth is only temporal. It’s a pass through, everything is fleeting. It could leave us with memories but everything is still fleeting, for a moment only. What’s everlasting is God. As He is spirit, a spiritual being and as we are also spirits and spiritual beings, what’s everlasting is what’s eternal. Store up treasures in heaven, they will last for eternity. Thus, in everything that we do, have eternity in mind and those things will become meaningful and will no longer be meaningless. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness and all these shall be added unto you – meaning to say, for earthly things, seek eternity first, then all the things we need to live here on earth will be taken care of by God. That’s Solomon’s conclusion, the wisest man ever lived. Earthly pursuits are all meaningless and fleeting, unless we have God in them, unless we have eternity in mind! In the end, for things on earth, only God can give true meaning to such things. Seek God, seek eternity, then all will be good.
Ronnie's Thoughts 