It was such a blessing to gather with you this morning, worship our Lord and Savior, welcome back Pastor Dale, and hear his teaching in the book of Ecclesiastes. This morning we looked at Ecclesiastes 1 and 2 where the writer is talking about the meaninglessness of life. The Hebrew word for meaningless is "hevel" and it means vapor. The teacher is challenging the things we focus on in our lives. The teacher testifies that he lived his life with everything the world has to offer - riches, success, love, wisdom. And at the end of his life as he looks back he realizes it's all meaningless.

To apply this to our lives, it's the notion that we often live with the thought "my life would be better if I only had this..." It may be a job, a relationship, finances, etc. The teacher is showing us he had it all, experienced it all, and in the end, it was vapor, it was meaningless. This master teacher is expressing to you the things that are all around you…

• There is the created and the uncreated
• The things we long for with the flesh are vapor
• Responding to the life we have been given is the only thing that brings peace… joy
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The question we must ask ourselves is - are we living our lives as an expression of something we've already received or are we striving for something we don't have?

We invite you to sit with the Father and ask the question: Father, as I survey my life, what am I living for?



We encourage you to write down what you hear. Ask the Father for a next step and write that down as well. We invite you as you go through the week to continue praying through what you hear from our Father and take that next step.