STUCK with no purpose

“I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.’ But that also proved to be meaningless. ‘Laughter.’ I said, ‘is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?’
I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly – my mind still guiding me with wisdom.
I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.” (Ecclesiastes 2:1-3)

“I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing tress. I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well – the delights of a man’s heart. I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me. I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil.” (Ecclesiastes 2:4-10)

“Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 2:11)

“If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” (John 14:23)

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”
(1 Corinthians 3:16)

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him…” (2 Peter 1:3)

Small Group Discussion Questions

1. Share a story when you were bored in life or with God.
2. What are some ways we pursue what Solomon did?
3. What is one practical way to jumpstart your interaction with God?
4. What is something that gives you purpose?
5. What energizes you as a person?