Despite being as interconnected today than ever before, loneliness has never been higher. The constant of social media in our society hasn’t lead to everyone forming communities and in its’ place its’ tried to be replaced with fame or fortune. We aren’t just social beings but we were designed to to be at our best in community. As we’ll study today, we’ll see how we were meant to be in community and where we should be looking for it.

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Too often, we find it hard to face uncomfortable truths. It’s especially hard when we are forced to look within ourselves and come to terms with our hearts. Today as we continue our study in Ecclesiastes, we are invited to remove our rose colored glasses and confront the envy we don’t like acknowledging is in our hearts. Although the world or even Ecclesiastes has a prescription for our hearts, as believers we have to seek satisfaction in our lives through Jesus.

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Try as some might, there is no escaping the march of time. And in our limited time, it is often marred with remorse of past events and worries of what the future holds. These feelings extend to our present day when we aren’t able to truly enjoy the now. As we study today, we are reminded to turn to Jesus as our response to these feelings and more so when we grapple with the inequities and injustice pervasive in our lives.

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When we face challenges and trials in life, it is far too easy to turn to worldly pleasures to distract ourselves from our reality and problems. This even extends to refusing to come to terms with the futility of life without Jesus. Pursuing pleasure above all else leads to a selfish and empty pursuit that has us wondering why we are always tempted to go down this path.

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It’s common to find yourself wondering what exactly are the keys to the good life. The world has many ideas to offer from finding better friends, a fulfilling career, to just getting more sleep. But if there was one solution that worked, it would be common knowledge to us all. This week, we start our new series in Ecclesiastes with the guiding question of how does someone live the good life. It is not a new question and there are no new untested solutions the world has to offer. Living in a broken world, we have to look for the answer that is not from this world.

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"The Search for the Good Life" Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

This Sunday, we were joined by Mickey Stonier on a message from the book of Habakkuk. He shares with us the reminder that God is at work in our world and how we each have opportunities around us to live our Christian faith.

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This week we wrap up our series studying Paul’s letter to the Galatians and what we have learned about the gospel, law, and grace. We need to be reminded that the law is not there to be an unreachable set of standards or a way to gain favor with God, but to show us how broken and in need of a savior we are.. Left unchecked, our inner legalist pulls us away from the Lord through feelings of self-righteousness.

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