Setting My Heart to Know Wisdom

We are told here that Solomon the King of Israel, was a man who had been given much wisdom from God. And he believed that he had been given this wisdom in order to discover the meaning of life. He set out to conduct a search it says in verse 13 of Chapter 1. “I set my heart,” he says, “to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven….” His purpose was to find out, by the great wisdom given to him, if there was anything truly satisfying in earthly pursuits and activities, which he could devote himself to; and from it find lasting satisfaction and meaning. He found that there was not, but he wants to spare us the grief that he himself came to, by revealing the results of his search to us, and disclosing the outcome of it. This is why he wrote this book. He is saying that there is more to life than what we think or see. So this afternoon I think it will be profitable to ask ourselves 3 questions about the meaning of life. 1st – Do I commune with my heart about whether I am truly wise? 2nd – Do I set my heart to know wisdom, madness, and folly? And 3rd – How can I find the true and lasting wisdom that will not bring sorrow with it?