26/04/2026
At PAG-K Muthiga Assembly today's sermon:
Topic: When Everything Feels Empty
Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12:13
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
1. The Honest Complaint:
Life Under the Sun Is Empty
Solomon had it all — money, women, wisdom, power, houses, vineyards. Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 “Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done... everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
If you build your life _“under the sun”_ — meaning without God — even success feels hollow. Promotions, cars, followers, even ministry… if God’s not in it, it’s vanity.
That’s not depression.
That’s discernment.
2. Why It’s Empty:
We’re Chasing Shadows
Ecclesiastes 3:11“He has put eternity in man’s heart.”
You can’t fill a God-sized hole with money, s*x, or applause. That’s why Peninnah could mock Hannah’s empty womb , she thought kids = worth.
But Hannah knew only God could fill her.
Proverbs 11:3.
“The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them.” Chasing “success” crookedly destroys you. Chasing God guides you.
3. Life Over the Sun
Solomon starts with _“vanity of vanities”_ but ends with “Fear God.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."
Meaningless things become meaningful when done for God. S*x in marriage is strength, not vanity.
Genesis 2:24. (Work, Worship, suffering, Glory.)
The Egyptians you see today — that empty job, that mocking voice, that chase for more — you will see them no more when you live for eternity.
Exodus 14:13
Close:
Don’t waste your life collecting what moths eat and thieves steal. The only thing not vanity is what’s done for God.
Stop asking “What do I have?” Start asking “Who has me?”
Call to repent :
What “vanity” do you need to lay down today to pick up what’s eternal?
The answer is with you.
Make a decision.
That life without God is meaningless, Vanity of Vanities.
Done and prepared by:
Rev Gerishom Andani
Presiding Pastor Pastor.
PAG K Muthiga Assembly.