Eccl 2 :1-26

1. ttnaI[u* bi Prib,itiCi inu trra'tiW of Saciifice:
( olomon attempted to find satisfaction in accumulating things: houses, gardens, vineyards, flocks, slaves,
J etc. He found all of it empry.
Many leaders succumb to the same temptation. They begin well. but once they reach their first level of
goals-if they dont continue to stretch-they shrink. Their shrinking often takes the form of accumulating.
Their success gains them a nice discretlonary income.5o they spend and gain. Spend and gain. Spend and
gain. But none of this fills the void inside. :
All leaders have two major voids:
1. The God-sized vacuum inside their hearu only the tord can fill it-Illl lllJtus urEll lrEsl 1, vrrry .r
2. The life-sized vacuum inside their hearu only their life mission can fulfill it.
To reach these goals. leaders must give up the pursuit of lesser things. C. S. Lewis wrote, "lndeed, if we
consider the unblushing promises of reward . . . promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds
our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are halfhearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex
i and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in
I a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by an offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily
pleased.,,