Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.


From Background Notes [BN] for September 1^st & 2^nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

 

For the Wisdom writer, it simply wasn't enough to expend energy and mark achievements. He certainly was a busy fellow! Had we asked him, "What have you been up to lately?" he could have easily answered us. But had we asked him, "How do you feel about your accomplishments?" his reply would have been...

 

 

...depressing: "I find no satisfaction in my work." Our natural query would no doubt be, "Then why bother?" Indeed, why bother? Satisfaction with our work is a gift from God. It comes from knowing we have a partnership with the Creator, who entrusts us with His ongoing work. Nothing we do must be fractured from the larger purposes of God for His world. The moment we embrace a task as our own project, and then throw ourselves into the fray, we cease to be creators and become mere workers. And there will be no Sabbath for us in such labor. We become slaves instead.  [BN, 6]

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* Saturday 6:00pm
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