HOW TO OVERCOME LONELINESS (3 OF 10)
Scripture: ECCLESIASTES 4:8-12
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How To Overcome Loneliness (3 of 10)
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Ecclesiastes 4.8-12
You know . . . a lot of people are just like that! They look at all they've accomplished and accumulated . . . and wonder why their life is still empty! They ask, ''Why isn't this satisfying? Why am I working my fingers to a bone for so little pleasure?''
King Solomon was like that! Like some of you . . . he set out on a quest for the best! He wanted to discover meaning in life but he only found the madness of life.
Solomon had accumulation without satisfaction. He had possessions without peace. He had money but no meaning. He had cash without contentment. And perhaps like you .. his pockets were full but his life was empty!
He saw all the things in his life and then wondered why his life was so empty. That's what I want to talk to you about this morning from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes! I want to show you from God's Word How To Overcome Loneliness.. So .. take God's infallible Word and turn please to Ecclesiastes chapter 4. Now as Solomon looked back over his life . . . he realized that the higher he climbed on the ladder of success the more lonely he became. His drive for success landed him in the land of loneliness! Look if you will beginning in verse 8 of this fourth chapter of Ecclesiastes. We're going to read down through verse 12 as we learn . . . ''How To Overcome Loneliness'' Ecclesiastes 4.8-12
Solomon reminds me of so many people today! He had it all! He did it all! And having it all and doing it all left him lonely! In fact .. verse 8 says, ''There is one alone, without companion ..'' Do you see the expression, ''There is one alone?'' The Hebrew literally reads, ''A lone one.'' It describes that feeling of being cut off .. unnoticed .. unloved. Now skip down to the middle of verse 8, ''Nor is his eye satisfied with riches ..'' The word translated ''satisfied'' was used to describe somebody whose hunger was satisf ...
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Ecclesiastes 4.8-12
You know . . . a lot of people are just like that! They look at all they've accomplished and accumulated . . . and wonder why their life is still empty! They ask, ''Why isn't this satisfying? Why am I working my fingers to a bone for so little pleasure?''
King Solomon was like that! Like some of you . . . he set out on a quest for the best! He wanted to discover meaning in life but he only found the madness of life.
Solomon had accumulation without satisfaction. He had possessions without peace. He had money but no meaning. He had cash without contentment. And perhaps like you .. his pockets were full but his life was empty!
He saw all the things in his life and then wondered why his life was so empty. That's what I want to talk to you about this morning from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes! I want to show you from God's Word How To Overcome Loneliness.. So .. take God's infallible Word and turn please to Ecclesiastes chapter 4. Now as Solomon looked back over his life . . . he realized that the higher he climbed on the ladder of success the more lonely he became. His drive for success landed him in the land of loneliness! Look if you will beginning in verse 8 of this fourth chapter of Ecclesiastes. We're going to read down through verse 12 as we learn . . . ''How To Overcome Loneliness'' Ecclesiastes 4.8-12
Solomon reminds me of so many people today! He had it all! He did it all! And having it all and doing it all left him lonely! In fact .. verse 8 says, ''There is one alone, without companion ..'' Do you see the expression, ''There is one alone?'' The Hebrew literally reads, ''A lone one.'' It describes that feeling of being cut off .. unnoticed .. unloved. Now skip down to the middle of verse 8, ''Nor is his eye satisfied with riches ..'' The word translated ''satisfied'' was used to describe somebody whose hunger was satisf ...
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