Team Chapel“Chasing the Wind”

9/2/15

Hebrews 10:24-25

24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

“The 4 Words Every Man Needs to Live By”

1 Timothy 6:6-14

•FLEE•PURSUE•FIGHT•KEEP

The Intentional Man

1. Intentional Vertical Relationship2. Intentional Horizontal Relationships3. Intentional Financial Relationships4. Intentional Family Relationships5. Intentional Legacy Relationships

Last Week’s Main Idea:

• Make the big decisions once and then manage those decisions everyday of your life!

• Decide in a Day. Manage Daily.

“Chasing the Wind”

9/2/15

Numbers Don’t Lie: Solomon’s #’s

• 1 – wisest man• 1,000 – women• 250,000 – cost $250,000 per

day• 1,000,000,000,000 – $1 Trillion

(1,000 x 1mil)

Numbers Don’t Lie: Solomon’s #’s

• 13 – years to build his palace• 12,000 – horses• 3,000 – wrote 3,000 songs• 1,005 – wrote 1,005 proverbs• 40 – was king of Israel for 40

years• 1 – only one son, Rehoboam

Numbers Don’t Lie: Solomon’s #’s

• 40 – “Meaningless” or “Vanity”• 25 – “Chasing after the wind”

1. Chasing the Wind of Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 1:16-17“I thought to myself, “Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.”

“Satan doesn’t want you to hate God, just forget him.”

- Dietrick Bonhoffer

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

2. Chasing the Wind of the World

Ecclesiastes 2:1-3“I thought in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.”

Ecclesiastes 2:10“I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.”

Jeremiah 2:1313“My people have committed two sins:They have forsaken me,    the spring of living water,and have dug their own cisterns,    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13

3. Chasing the Wind of Work

Ecclesiastes 2:4, 11“I undertook great projects…Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”

“Why do I have [4] Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, ‘Hey man, this is what is.’ I reached my goal, my dream, my life. Me, I think, ‘God, it's got to be more than this.’ I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be.”

What’s the answer?

“I wish I knew. I wish I knew.”

4. Chasing the Wind of Wealth

Ecclesiastes 5:10“Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.”

Contentment is the Key

Philippians 4:10-1310 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

5. Chasing the Wind of Women

Ecclesiastes 2:8-10“I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well—the delights of the heart of man…I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.” Ecclesiastes 7:26“I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.”

Proverbs 721 With persuasive words she led him astray;    she seduced him with her smooth talk.22 All at once he followed her    like an ox going to the slaughter,like a deer stepping into a noose23     till an arrow pierces his liver,like a bird darting into a snare,    little knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 7

24 Now then, my sons, listen to me;    pay attention to what I say.25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways    or stray into her paths.26 Many are the victims she has brought down;    her slain are a mighty throng.27 Her house is a highway to the grave,    leading down to the chambers of death.

6. You STOP Chasing the Wind When You Worship

Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Now all has been heard;here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Psalm 51:16-17You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

Jeremiah 29:13“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”