The right focus

Ecclesiastes 2:4-11

1. How did the author of Ecclesiastes view his great wealth?

He became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem. He denied himself nothing his eyes desired; He refused his heart no pleasure. His heart took delight in all his work, and this was the reward for all his labor. Yet when he surveyed all that his hands had done and what he had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

1 Timothy 6:6-19

2. Why do some people suffer many griefs?

Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.