The Search for Meaning - Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

The Search for Meaning

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

Dr. Bob McCartney, Senior Pastor • February 1, 2026

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1. Amusement cannot fill the emptiness of our souls.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life.

Proverbs 19:20 (CSB)

“Hedonism”

The belief that the highest good in life is personal pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

Hebrews 11:25 (CSB)

Even in laughter a heart may be sad, and joy may end in grief.

Proverbs 14:13 (CSB)

2. Achievement cannot fill the emptiness of our souls.

“Materialism”

The belief that significance, security, and satisfaction are found in what you build, own, accumulate, or accomplish.

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 12:15 (CSB)

3. First Conclusion: Disappointment and Direction

• Disappointment in “under the sun” living.

• Direction that there must be more.