Ecclesiastes 2:4-6 I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove.

Solomon at this point in his life had done many great worldly works and he is recalling them. His great wisdom gave him the potential to accomplish whatever he put his mind to and he was motivated. He built himself everything he could. He planned the work and paid the builders. He planted vineyards and gardens in the desert. Solomon was showing the world how much he had been blessed by God. But in the end, he accounted all this vanity of vanities.

There are times in our lives when we look around at someone who has accomplished the things we thought we should have. We become motivated to improve ourselves and work towards the goal of becoming more in this world. But the focus of our motivation in this moment should be on God and the work we can do to help advance ourselves and others. When we put all our effort into building the world, where does that leave our soul? The world and all in it will be destroyed, and we are left with vanity.

Have you ever had the epiphany like what was described above? If so, maybe the one calling you in this moment is God trying to get you to grow spiritually. I pray that in this moment you will follow His calling. If you have not reached the point of trusting Him with your soul, then my prayer is that will happen in your life.