Living Beyond What Can Satisfy (the stress of searching)

Solomon tests pleasure, work, wealth, and wisdom and declares them all hevel—a mist that cannot sustain meaning. He concludes that achievement exhausts, success fades, and even wisdom is undone by death, leaving life under the sun unsatisfied. Only joy received from the hand of God endures, as life is meant to be enjoyed with gratitude, not used as a replacement for God.