P L E A S U R E
P L E A S U R E
The writer rightly stated when he said, "There's nothing new under the sun".
The exclusion of God in the dealings of Men is as old as the existence of Men.
Generations have come and gone, it seems like no one is learning. Indeed, wisdom cries out, and whoever finds her finds life and rest for his soul.
Eccl.2.1 - I said to myself, "Come now, let's give pleasure a try. Let's look for the `good things' in life." But I found that this, too, was meaningless.
Eccl.2.3 - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. While still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I hoped to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Eccl.2.10 - Anything I wanted, I took. I did not restrain myself from any joy. I even found great pleasure in hard work, an additional reward for all my labors.
Eccl.2.11 - But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless. It was like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
Solomon, the wisest earthly King of Israel, left God out in his pursuit of pleasure and knowledge. He later found them to be futile , like one chasing the wind. It never made any sense. When one decides to take God out of the equation, meaningless is the imminent predicament one faces.
For centuries, Man has tried to explain God out of everything, including the existence and creation of the universe.
While others pursue Science to discover the greatness, amusement and intelligence of God, the creator of the universe, others try to use Science to explain away God.
As such, many theories have been propounded to explain existence, reality, origin, meaning, destiny, etc. without God. This has always proven devastating and futile.
A few years before his death, this brain behind "The Theory of Everything" had this to say...👇ðŸ¾
"The theory of everything might forever be elusive. You and I are not like angels who look at this world from outside. We're part of the universe we are describing, so our theories are self-referencing and one might expect them to be incomplete or inconsistent"
- Stephen Hawking
He couldn't have said it any better. When you leave the Maker out, you can never have an objective view of the universe.
Pleasure is God's idea to begin with. Illegitimate pleasure is what Men seek when they remove God out of the equation, and it's vain (vanity upon vanity- as the wise man will say)
Real pleasure is found in God alone.
Ps.16.11 - You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Jesus is Lord.
Mich-Shaker ©
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Nice piece