What’s It All About? 1 Of 2

But it is a book in the Bible that tells us how we can find the answer to the question, “WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?” Very few ever come up with the right answer.

Illus: A test was given to 200 men applying for the same job but only 1 out of 200 came up with the right solution.

Each applicant was asked to suppose they are driving along in their car on a wild, stormy night and they pass by a bus stop, and see three people waiting for the bus. Their car is only a two-seater. They have to make a choice as to who they will allow to ride in their other seat. Will it be …

1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming about.

You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first.

You could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.

However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

Out of 200 applicants the man who got the job answered it this way. He answered:

• I would give the car keys to my old friend who saved my life, and let him take the lady to the hospital.

• I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the woman of my dreams.

Only 1 of 200 came up with the right solution to that question, and when it comes to the question, “What’s It All About?” very few have found the answer.

Many know WHERE THEY WANT TO GO WITH THEIR LIFE but they do not know HOW TO GET THERE.

Illus: One day, three men were trekking through a jungle when they came across a violent, raging river. They had no idea how to cross.

• The first man decided to pray: “Please, God, give me the strength to cross this river.” Immediately he grew enormous muscles in his arms and legs, and he managed to swim across the river in a couple of hours, nearly drowning twice.

• The second man saw this and he prayed “Please, God, give me the strength AND the tools to cross this river.” A boat appeared from nowhere, and he battled across the river in an hour, nearly capsizing twice.

• The third man saw this and prayed “Please, God, give me the strength, the tools AND the intelligence to cross this river.” Immediately he turned into a woman. She looked at the map, walked upstream a hundred yards, and crossed over the bridge to the other side.

It is indeed a terrible thing to go through life not knowing how to CROSS THE BRIDGES OF LIFE.

Solomon is a man that desperately tried to find the answer to “WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT!”

• He had world-wide fame.

• He had wisdom. Three books of the Bible came from Solomon, The Books of Solomon, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs.

• He had hobbies.

• He had material things.

• He had female companionship.

He had everything this world could offer him, but it is obvious as you read the book of Ecclesiastes, he had no IDEA WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT! And when we do not know WHO WE ARE and WHY WE ARE HERE, we are miserable.

Illus: Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother:

• "Why is the bride dressed in white?"

• Her mother said, "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."

• The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"

Throughout the Book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon repeatedly stated how miserable he was, and he refers to life over and over as “vanity of vanities”.

He felt as if there was something missing in his life and he could not find out what it was.

Illus: Solomon was like a man that kept reaching in a sack to find the secret to happiness in life, and every time he pulled his hand out it was empty. He was like a man chasing the wind.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THIS?

Many have sought to find peace and happiness:

• When they finally graduated from high school and college, they were determined to find peace within and happiness, but many years have gone by and THEY HAVE NOT FOUND IT!

• When they got married and they bought a nice home, they thought they would find what they were looking for, BUT THEY HAVE NOT!

• When they had children, they thought they would find what they were looking for, BUT THEY HAVE NOT!