Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Recommended Reading: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Playwright and actor Woody Allen, 89, gave an interview last fall to The Wall Street Journal. He said, “The older I get, the more horrible I think everything is. I mean, the more life experience you have, you start to see what a foolish, meaningless, tragic experience it is.”1 What a bleak way to view the world! Yet without Christ, life really is foolish, meaningless, and tragic. The writer of Ecclesiastes grappled with just that issue.
Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). When people can’t seem to find happiness and meaning in life, they sometimes want to give up. But God gives joy to those who follow Him and center their lives on Him. He gives joy in abundance. Praise God today! When we have the joy He brings, we learn to enjoy what life has to offer.
When we search for happiness apart from Christ, we find loneliness, confusion, and misery. When we focus on Jesus and others, we find untold happiness.
Randy Alcorn
- Pamela Paul, “Woody Allen Refuses to Be Cancelled,” The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2025.
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