Idea: If you seek significance by seeking popularity, you are chasing the wind, instead, rest in God who accepts you in Christ.
1. Solomon’s Parable
- King Conventional - Mr. Contemporary - Vs. 16 – “There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king, yet those who come after ward will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.”
2. What motivates this desire for popularity?
- yearning to be accepted - longing to find meaning and significance in other’s opinions - wanting to be noticed/liked
3. God accepts you in Christ
- God the Father (John 3:16; Ephesians 1:3-6) - God the Son (Isaiah 53:2-3; Ephesians 1:7-10; Philippians 2:5-8) - God the Spirit (John 14:15-21; Ephesians 1:11-14)
Conclusion: Therefore rest in God who accepts you in Christ. |