5.29.22 Greater Than: Financial Contentment

Greater than: “Financial Contentment”

Ecclesiastes 5:10-20

March 29, 2022

I. Money and relationships (5:10-12)

II. Money and the desires of the heart (5:13-17)

1. Greed leads to making bad decisions

2. Greed leads to neglecting the future

3. Greed is self-centered

III. Money and happiness (5:18-20)

1. Take time to enjoy the fruit of your labor

2. Take time to enjoy what you have because life is short

3. Take time to enjoy the fruit of your labor because it is a gift from God

Let’s Go Deeper:

1. What does he say is vain in 5:10? Have you found this truth 'money doesn't make happiness' to be true? How so?

2. 5:11 focuses on the heart of consumerism. What observation does Solomon make here in this verse? In light of this verse, finish the statement, "The more you have, the more ____________________."

3. Solomon again uses his phrase 'under the sun' to remind us of the world he is discussing, a world without God. What is the terrible thing that he observes to happen in 5:13?

4. How does he support his argument made in 5:13 (see 5:13-15)? Have you heard of such a situation?

5. What is the second terrible thing he observes (5:16)?

6. Do you think it is worth working hard and storing up if you have the opportunity? What is the risk? What is the advantage? What is another option?