Don’t Miss the Point of Ecclesiastes
Scripture (CJB):
“Utterly pointless! says Kohelet. Absolutely pointless! Everything is pointless!”
— Ecclesiastes 1:2 (CJB)
Reflection:
Many people read Ecclesiastes and walk away discouraged. They see Solomon’s words and think the message is: “Nothing matters.” But that’s not what Solomon is showing us. He isn’t telling us that life has no meaning—he’s revealing that everything under the sun, everything built on earthly pursuits alone, cannot satisfy and cannot last.
The houses, the money, the achievements, the “fairness” we chase—Solomon calls them meaningless because they cannot follow us beyond the grave, and they cannot fill the deepest places of the human heart.
What truly carries eternal weight is the love we show, the people we walk with, the brotherhood and sisterhood God gives us, and the way we pour Christ’s compassion into others. Wealth fades. Legacies get forgotten. But love—real, Christ-centered love—echoes far beyond our lifetime. Even if generations from now no one remembers our names, the love we sow continues in the lives of those we touched, and those they touch, and so on. That is how the love of Christ spreads from age to age.
Solomon also reminds us not to get distracted by the false idea of “fairness” in this world. Life isn’t equal. Sometimes the fast lose, the strong fall, the wise are ignored. But our joy was never meant to come from fairness—it comes from Jesus. To wake up each day knowing our earthly works will fade, yet still rejoice because our hope is in Him, is one of God’s greatest gifts.
Ecclesiastes isn’t a book of despair. It’s a book of perspective. It’s Solomon helping us see what actually matters—and reminding us that life only becomes meaningful when it is rooted in the One who gives it purpose.
Encouragement:
Let today be a reset—a reminder to hold lightly to the things of this world and cling tightly to the people God’s placed in your life. Pour love freely. Walk in community. And remember that your joy isn’t found “under the sun,” but in the Son Himself.
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-Rev Carlos Figueroa
TheFreeBible.Org
