Ecclesiastes 2 Work is Meaningless

hotcoffee

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Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. 20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. 21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? 23 All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.​

So you work all your life, dotting the i's and crossing the t's, you add all the columns, check all the math, double check all the totals.... then who knows who comes behind you and it all goes to hell..... what's that all about?

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b23hqb

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It's called life - and one's choice of that life with or without God. Without God, it all goes to hell, as you stated. Only God can give the meaning of life, and without Him, real meaning, satisfaction, and enjoyment in life will be elusive and unattainable.

Heavy stuff, but important to the believer to know that God gives to them wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who are good in His sight.
 

vraiblonde

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So you work all your life, dotting the i's and crossing the t's, you add all the columns, check all the math, double check all the totals.... then who knows who comes behind you and it all goes to hell..... what's that all about?

You already posted it:

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

You're supposed to be worrying about your soul and the peace that comes through serving God, not whining about how meaningless life is like some angsty teenager.
 
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