Life is meaningless...

Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."

Everything in this world is meaningless. Solomon searched everything under heaven and found everything to be meaningless in life. Nothing last. Things we do to give us pleasure don't last. The whole book tells us how life is meaningless.

BUT...at the end of chapter two it says:
"A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the man 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."

Our youth pastor, the past two times he has preached, has preached on Ecclesiastes. I've been thinking about life being meaningless without Christ, more specially after hearing about a teenager, who came to our youth group at church on and off over year, committed suicide over the weekend. It saddens me that people in this world really get to a stage where they think there is nothing left for them and their only option is suicide. After my trip to Cape Town and seeing these kids and wondering what chance they even have in the future without Christ and knowing love, makes me realise how important it is to get the Word out there!

People in this world always search to find their purpose in living. Many of them feel life is meaningless and empty, because they don't know our God who gives us happiness in the things we do.

If there are any young folks out there who feel you have no reason left to live and your life is meaningless, know that life is UNTIL you know CHRIST! I encourage you to pray and realise Christ's love for you, the love that never fails. He wants to have that relationship with you. If you're willing to accept His love and forgiveness and have that relationship with Him, this life on earth, which is meaningless to a point, will give you a greater reward one day when you die and get to be with Him in heaven.