Moraine Valley Church

                          The Antidote to Vanity Ecclesiastes 1:2-3; 12:8, 13-14     July 10, 2022   Introduction:  My hope for this series in Ecclesiastes is that God would equip us to have souls that are well and centered on Jesus no matter what things come our way in life! Here is the problem that many of us face – we feel like something is missing in our life and what we are doing is meaningless.    The difficulties of our life and the unfairness and injustices of this world often leave us frustrated, discouraged and depressed rather than enjoying it. We learned last week that Solomon, like a scientist in a laboratory, tested all of man’s works and man’s wisdom to get an answer to what brings lasting value, meaning and meaningless to the life we live right here on earth. We summarized his finding in these takeaways:  First – lasting significance is found only in God, not in this world.   Second – life is not a puzzle to solve but a gift to enjoy!   Fear God, enjoy life!  Actually that sense that what