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Introduction
Illustration -Tennis star Boris Becker was at the very top of the tennis world, yet he was on the brink of suicide.
He said, "I had won Wimbledon twice before, once as the youngest player.
I was rich.
I had all the material possessions I needed ... It's the old song of movie stars and pop stars who commit suicide.
They have everything, and yet they are so unhappy.
I had no inner peace.
I was a puppet on a string."
Becker is not the only one to feel that sense of emptiness.
The echoes of a hollow life pervade our culture.
One doesn't have to read many contemporary biographies to find the same frustration and disappointment.
The successful author Jack Higgens, was asked what he would like to have known as a boy.
His answer: "That when you get to the top, there's nothing there."
There is no one or no thing that satisfies in this life like Jesus.
The author of the portion of scripture we have read is none other than King Solomon the Son of King David.
Solomon had wealth beyond imagination.
In this day and age, he would be the equivalent of a Russian oil baron or a Saudi Arabia prince in terms of wealth.
Solomon could do whatever his heart desired he had the resources and power to cater to his every whim.
Since he was an absolute monarch, Solomon could indulge in any pleasure that he desired.
And he did!
All the while looking for that lasting Joy that fullness of life but it all the places he looked it could not be found.
So, this morning I want to invite you to Solomon’s Social experiment.
Where the question is asked,
Interrogative Sentence - where do we find lasting joy?
Transitional - Well let's join Solomon as he begins his quest to find joy only to find that there is:
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No Lasting Joy from Pleasures
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