In this episode we look at the life of King Solomon. The man who had everything. Wisdom, wealth, pleasure, projects, status, and influence. Yet after chasing every desire of his heart, Solomon looked back and said it was all vanity and like trying to catch the wind. His story exposes what happens when we try to build a life on things that cannot satisfy.

We compare Solomon’s journey to ours today. Many of us climb career ladders, chase relationships, look for comfort in sex, drinking, drugs, success, or even good things like family, creativity, and doing good. But when the people we love fail or leave, or when the things we build collapse, our purpose collapses with them. Nothing this world offers can hold the weight of our desire for peace.

From there we turn to Psalm 23 and the life God invites us into. The Lord is my Shepherd. True peace is found in intimacy with Him. I shall not want. God meets the desires that nothing else can fill. He leads me. He restores me. He protects me. He satisfies me. Even in the valley of the shadow of death, we do not lose peace because He is with us.

Psalm 23 shows us that the life we long for is not built on achievement or pleasure. It is built on relationship with a Shepherd who heals our wounds, shapes our purpose, and gives us a prosperity that death cannot touch.