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Don't Waste Your Life | Ecclesiastes 2:10 and 2:11 | Mornings With Mike
Don't waste your life in pursuit of everything just to wind up catching nothing!
In this video, I am talking about Ecclesiastes 2:10 and 2:11. This is where King Solomon is writing about the dangers of too many pursuits.
There is the assumption that King Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes. So he is writing much of it in first person. He shares the danger in too many pursuits, as discussed here in the following verses talking about the futility of pleasure. We can learn a lot here from Solomon’s mistakes.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 (NLT)
'Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.'
In society right now, there are so many options. So many things that we think we should do, so many that we want to do. FOMO is real. Focus is fading.
When we pursue our worldly goals, “ALL THE THINGS” that we want and desire; we often die in the struggle. When we pursue unrelated goals it is a vain attempt to satisfy us and provide what makes us happy in the moment.
When Solomon was writing this portion, he had achieved much success, one would think he was happy and satisfied, yet he still felt empty inside.
We have all heard the sayings, jack of all trades, and master of none. – OR – When you try to catch two rabbits, you end up catching neither of them.
Here are five things you can do, or ask yourself to help you in making decisions on what you should be pursuing right now.
1. Does this fit my priorities and character?
2. Do I know how to do this and this well?
3. Is there someone that can do this better than I can?
4. If I asked someone else, what would they say?
5. Do I have the time to take this on?
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