The Folly of All
The Foolishness of All Ecclesiastes 7:25-8:1 “Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.” Solomon now returns to his search for wisdom. Throughout the book he has taken us on a journey to try and discover wisdom and meaning in a fallen world. He examined all this life has to offer, and in his search, he only realized what is meaningless and lacks genuine substance. He has placed everything we might consider necessary under the microscope and found only emptiness. He has examined pleasure and possessions. He has looked at our pursuit of success in our careers. He has looked at riches and accomplishments. Each time he examines something we consider essential and significant, he discovers that, in the end, it is nothing more than a vaporless cloud that lacks substance in life. He has carefully tested everything in his pursuit to gain wisdom and understanding, but in the end, his pursuit proved futile as wisdom se