Why Life Often Seems Pointless

Listen

• The more you see of this world, the more you will discover how pointless its pursuits are (1:1-3).
• Each generation eventually realizes their struggles are precisely the same as those before (1:4-7).
• Nothing that appeals to the senses can fix what is broken inside us (1:8).
• Everything we experience is repeated and forgettable (1:9-11).
• Prioritizing the things of this world is a pointless pursuit of that which cannot be obtained (1:12-14).
• The greatest lesson this world can give is that there’s nothing it can teach us (1:15-18).

Consider

• You might be miserable because you seek the world to address what only the Lord can fix.
• If everything under the sun is futile, then what is above it must be worthwhile.
• You will never achieve satisfaction if worldly happiness is your goal.