Summary: Gives five reasons God has us here.

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“What in the World Are We Here For?”

January 22, 2007

“The author: Solomon of Jerusalem, King David’s son, "The Preacher."


Solomon seemed a little discouraged. He was the riches man alive. He was the most powerful man alive. He had hundreds of wives and concubines that fulfilled his every sexual fantasy. He was the world’s wisest man. He probably accomplished more than anyone else of his day. And yet he seems so lost. He seemed to be continually searching for his purpose in life. I think one of his problems was that he did too much thinking. I try not to over do that intellectual stuff. Some things just don’t make sense. You just have to accept it. You’ll go crazy trying to make sense out of stuff. Let me give you some examples of stuff you don’t want to think too hard on.

Does the reverse side also have a reverse side?

Why is the alphabet in that order?

Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

How come abbreviated is such a long word?

Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?


Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don’t have?

Why are they called apart-ments, when they’re all stuck together?

There are a lot of things that don’t make sense to me. But I do know this. We were created for a purpose. Thankfully Solomon came to realize that. He concluded Ecclesiastes with this:

“Here is my final conclusion: fear God and obey his commandments, for this is the entire duty of man.” Eccl 12:13 (Living)

I guess you can boil everything down to that one statement. “Fear God and Obey Him.” “Fear and Obey”. I don’t know about you – but I need a little bit more than that. God makes His will for our lives even more clear. Rick Warren says that we have a purpose for our lives. In fact, there are five purposes. Do you remember what they are?

1. You were planned for God pleasure; you were created to Love God and to know Him

2. You were formed for God’s family; you were created to learn to love others.

3. You were created to become like Christ; you are being transformed into His image

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