This week I will be dealing with the topic on work results.

Monday

“Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.” — Ecclesiastes 2:18 (NKJV)

Solomon had every advantage. Wisdom, wealth, resources beyond measure—and still, he hit a wall. He looked at everything he had built and felt something many of us know too well: frustration. All that effort, and what’s the point? Someone else will enjoy it. Someone else will take the credit. Someone else will inherit what I broke my back to build.

Maybe you’ve felt that way at work. You pour yourself into a project, and someone else gets the promotion. You raise your children with everything you’ve got, and they walk a different path. You serve faithfully at church, and nobody seems to notice.

Solomon’s honesty is a gift to us here. He doesn’t pretend the frustration isn’t real. He names it. But notice—he’s not done talking. He’s working his way toward something. And so are we this week.

If you’ve been wondering why you work so hard and see so little, you’re in good company. Stick with Solomon. He’s got more to say—and it leads somewhere hopeful.

Takeaway:

Frustration with your work doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It may mean you’re ready to hear what God wants to say about it.

Prayer:

Lord, I bring You my frustration today — the weariness, the sense that my effort doesn’t matter. Open my eyes this week to see my work the way You see it. In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN!