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Day 4: The Meaninglessness of Work
The meaningless things I'm mentioning aren't necessarily bad in and of themselves. So it may seem surprising for me to describe something as important and noble as work as meaningless.
After all, God Himself works, and created a perfect world where mankind happily worked: Adam as a gardener and Eve as his helper. Sadly though, as a result of our rebellion against God, and fall into sin, work, although it is still intrinsically good, has become cursed. By the sweat of our brows we earn our daily bread, and work is often frustrating.
As Solomon found with so many of the things in life that people idolise, work is a good thing that mustn't be turned into a 'God thing': to take God's rightful place upon the throne of our hearts.
It was all very well building palaces, gardens, and even the temple of Jehovah God in Jerusalem, but the son of David realised that nothing he built was going to last. He knew he wasn't the promised Son of David whose Kingdom will endure forever. That honour of course goes to a humble carpenter from Nazareth, who also happens to be the eternal Son of God.
'Almighty Lord, may we live and work for You rather than ourselves. Thank You for completing the work of salvation on our behalf. May we trust in You always, for Your eternal praise, amen'
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The Bible's all about the meaning of life. But in the middle of it is a book about the apparent meaninglessness of life. Did Solomon really think that life was completely meaningless? In the midst of everything that Solomon describes as meaningless in life, find out what true meaning is in life, even in these first two chapters in Ecclesiastes.
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