For everything there is a seasons, and a time for every matter under heaven….
A time to be born and a time to die…Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
All-Wise God,
This is probably the most famous passage in Ecclesiastes
to readers and non-readers of the Bible.
Enlighten us with your insight
about this passage and about your timing.
The Teacher who wrote these words
seems to be frustrated by your timing:
“What do people really get for all their hard work?
I have seen the burden God has placed on us all” (Ecclesiastes 3:9-10).
He sees that “”All go to one place.
All are from dust, and to dust all return” (Ecclesiastes 3:20).
Indeed, if this is all there is to life,
then how “utterly meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 1:2).
Thankfully, because of Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection,
we who trust in him are living already
in the eternity you have placed in our hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
Thankfully, because of our resurrection hope,
we know that you are working in all times of our life,
and that one day “soon,”
we will dwell with you forever
in a life multiplied by the meaning
you wrote into your creation.
Help us today to see your timing in all things.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-22.
