April 10, 2008 5:06 PM
The Meaning of Life
Gary Hall
Senior Pastor
Calvary Chapel Greeneville
Greeneville, TN
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments.
-Ecclesiastes 12:6
Solomon searched for the meaning and the purpose of life. He had set his heart to search and to know through wisdom, pleasure, hard work and even marriage and rejoicing in the rewards of your own labor. He discovered that it was all a vain and empty search and as he calls it a “grasping after the wind.” He realized that life without God is meaningless and serves no real purpose. In fact not only was it meaningless but it left him hopeless, empty, and cynical. He discovered that the true meaning of life is found in a relationship with the Lord. When we know God and serve God we discover what Solomon and countless others have been trying to find. To fear God is know Jesus Christ the Savior of the world.
Jesus is the one that gives us complete total satisfaction along with real purpose, this is what we are looking for.