Can a satisfying life be found outside of God?

Step 2 of “What’s Life All About” is taken from Eccl 1:1-2, 16-17. Solomon looked for a satisfying life outside of God, i.e. under the sun. He found nothing that offered permanent satisfaction. He found what’s done is done and can’t be undone. Great education didn’t offer a solution. Instead of meaning, it offered only greater sorrow and grief.

Why do even Christians search for meaning in life outside of God today? The enemy can take Christians captive (Col 2:8). Christians are to renew their minds (Rom 12:2), the place where the battle happens and take every thought captive for Christ (2 Cor 10:3-5). Teachers, note our role mentioned in Eph 4:11-16.

With Col 1:12-13 in mind, have people put on sunglasses that have them. Ask them to describe the difference in their view of the room with and without their sunglasses. It’s darker of course. Just as Satan tempted Jesus, Christians are tempted today (1 John 2:16). Accepting the philosophies of this world changes our view.