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... you had untold riches?

"Meet our new super jackpot lottery winner!"

... you were incredibly handsome?

"I can't wait until tomorrow."

"Why is that?"

"I get better looking every day."

... you were world famous?

"Oh, my fans! My adoring fans!"

... you were the most powerful person on earth?

"I don't know how he does it. You ask him.

... you were the smartest person alive?

"You found a cure for the common cold?"

"I did it on my lunch break."

The answer is ... no! These things won't make you happy. One reason is, you'd discover it's hard to find people you can trust."

"I think these people just like us for our money, Herb."

"There is more to me than just a pretty face."

"Can't you people leave me alone? You don't really care about me."

"When I'm out of office, will any of these people be my friends?"

"This is all so meaningless!"

That's exactly what King Solomon said! 3,000 years ago he was the richest, most powerful, and wisest person on the earth, and he said (in the Bible) ...

"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." Ecclesiastes 2:11

It doesn't matter the dream, whether big or small, these things alone will not make you happy.

"But I don't need to be rich. I'd just be happy if I could get out of debt."

"And I'd be happy if I could just pass this test Friday."

"I'd be happy if these pimples would clear up."

It is possible to be content whatever the circumstances.

"Even with pimples?"

"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." Philippians 4:12

"Contentment? What is the secret?"

"What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ." Philippians 3:8

The Bible also says ...

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

"God loves me?"

You see, God made us and loves us but the bad things we do, our sins, stand in the way of having a relationship with Him. By Christ having died for our sins (and then raising from the grave) we can have that relationship restored.

"My sins stands in the way?"

"For Christ died for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit." 1 Peter 3:18

"Christ died for my sin?"

By placing your total trust in Jesus as your Savior and Lord, you can begin this relationship with God and enjoy Him for all eternity.

"That sure beats winning the lottery!"

"Dear Lord, thank you for sending your Son to die on the cross for me. I now turn from my sin and place my trust in your Son, Jesus, to save me. Amen."

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