Treasures of Truth

7 Solomon's Search

Let’s look at one man’s search His comments . . .

His conclusions . . .

SOLOMON’S SEARCH

LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS

I said in my heart,

"Come now, I will test you with mirth;

therefore enjoy pleasure" but surely,

this also was vanity.

I said of laughter; "Madness!"

and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

I searched in my heart

how to gratify my flesh with wine,

while guiding my heart with wisdom,

and how to lay hold on folly,

till I might see what was good

for the sons of men to do

under heaven all the days of their lives.

I made my works great,

I built myself houses,

and planted myself vineyards.

I made myself gardens and orchards,

and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

I made myself water pools

from which to water the growing trees of the grove.

I acquired male and female servants,

and had servants born in my house.

Yes, I had greater possessions

of herds and flocks

than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

I also gathered for myself silver and gold

and the special treasures

of kings and of the provinces.

I acquired male and female singers,

the delights of the sons of men,

and musical instruments of all kinds.

So I became great and excelled more

than all who were before me in Jerusalem.

Also my wisdom remained with me.

Whatever my eyes desired

I did not keep from them.

I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,

for my heart rejoiced in all my labor;

and this was my reward from all my labor.

Then I looked on all the works

that my hands had done

and on the labor in which I had toiled;

and indeed all was vanity

and grasping for the wind.

There was no profit under the sun. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Vacuums for identity

and meaning attempted to be filled by the FLESH.

Solomon attempted to have

his needs for identity, meaning, and fulfillment

through these avenues.

God’s Wisdom… I Samuel 12:21

SOLOMON’S CONCLUSION...

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,

for this is man's all. Ecclesiastes 12:13