What’s the Point?

by Pastor Debra Bronkema |July 27, 2025 | connect.faith, Everyday Spirituality: The Blog

July 27, 2025

What's the Point?

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

What’s the Point?

The King who testified in the book of Ecclesiastes has “it” all, and now realizes he has no idea what “it” actually is. He has money and power, wisdom and beauty. He has won at the game of life he thought he was playing. But in the end – what do all of these possessions really add up to? Oh, we can tell ourselves they are about providing for an easy retirement, or a leg up for the next generation. There is truth in the wisdom of saving for a rainy day. The teacher, th writer of this book is asking a deeper question than fiscal strategy. He wants to know what the point of all of life is.

Lots of days we are running in circles, too busy living to wonder about its purpose. Still there are days when we do stop to think about the deeper meaning of life. Maybe, like the writer, we’ve achieved one of our goals, and don’t know where to go from here. It could be that something important has happened, has gotten our attention, and made us ask questions about meaning. When we do stop and wonder, what do we decide? What do we think the point of life is? How does our faith impact the story that is at the core of our lives?

Reflection Questions:

1) Take some time to contemplate what you believe about life. Write down some words that matter to you as you think about your interpretation.

2) Do you notice God at work in the world? Take some time to imagine where you might join in what God is up to.

3) If love is the point of life, how can we make the way we live reflect that story?

Prayer:

Dear God, Help me to live my life standing on the foundation of your love, as an instrument of your peace. In Jesus Name, Amen