Spend time in prayer and silence with God asking Him to meet with you and speak to you.
Bible Reading
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done? I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
Then I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.” For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
– Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
Devotion
We live in a cause and effect world where wisdom produces better results than folly, even from a purely secular perspective. But in the end, neither one will bring deep, soul-satisfying eternal fulfillment and meaning. Only a personal relationship with God will bring ultimate satisfaction. Pursuing wisdom and folly apart from God is meaningless.
The Big Question
Think about times when you pursued fulfillment in life by your efforts or wisdom apart from God. What did you learn from those experiences? How can you find eternal fulfillment and meaning to satisfy your soul?
Conclude your time in prayer and silence reflecting on what you have learned.