Ecclesiastes 2:4 I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits. 6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also, I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me.
Whenever a person’s ambitions are only centered in the here and now, he/ she will be a prime candidate for depression and that’s because material things do not and cannot satisfy the deep longings, and needs of the human soul. They may give a false sense of happiness for a while, but sooner or later they will lose all their luster, for the spiritual aspects of man’s existence cannot ever be fulfilled through materials alone. It’ll take much more than our favorite things to find meaning, and joy in living.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. Mirth Meaning: Mirth is the state of being glad or happy, especially with laughter. This includes, but is not limited to Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, and other such forums which specialize and peddle in jokes and laughter. The fact is that you can only laugh so much, but after laughter, there you’ll still have the realities of life to confront.
Laughter is good to some degree but it could never come even close to the joy that a relationship with Jesus brings, for laughter by itself will lift your spirits for a while, just like how coffee will give you a boost temporarily, but after it wears off, you are left in the same position as before and sometimes even worse.
Ecclesiastes2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!