Meaningless

Ecclesiastes 8:13-15 - Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:15 - In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Psalm 42:8 - By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

Exodus 32:6 - So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

Application:

· Do I see my righteousness as sure protection against hard times?
· Am I grateful that I can eat, drink and be glad?
· Is the Lord the center of my life?
· Do I tend toward idolatry?

All Scripture verses taken from NIV