Striving after wind

"For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind" (Ecclesiastes 2:26 ESV). Worldly people are after the worldly things. They are a people that dream of having all that the world has to offer. They are envious in nature and conceded by all means. They are people that put themselves above everyone and everything, reaching for whatever they can get their hands on. They find themselves chasing after riches, glamour, materials, and everything else the world has. They desire what their neighbor has. It is what they want also. This wanting comes without an end. King Solomon, the son of David and the wisest man ever to live, had everything he could have possibly ever wanted from this world. He had wives, concubines, servants, gold, and silver, yet this man lived in his older age empty and with a great void. What the world assumes will keep them happy, King Solomon said that they are worthless, empty, and all vanity. These worldly things are just temporal. They are here for a short time or possibly longer then we will ever live, only to have someone take it and make it their own. Many will stress out, break a sweat, and break their backs for the things of this world, yet not put a single ounce of their soul resting in Jesus Christ. What this world offers is all vanity. Let us put our eyes upon Jesus, while the sinner gathers and collects. Besides, God has great blessings for you and I. God bless you. Amen