Time - Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Today we will read Ecclesiastes 3:11 which says “He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from the beginning to end.”

Ecclesiastes says the quiet part out loud. Days tick away. Days turn into years. Have you looked back at facebook photos from just a few years ago and seen how fast your children grow? How much you’ve grown?

You cannot keep today. You cannot make it go faster or slower. You can’t avoid death. And yet eternity is in your heart - and this is from God. And to top it all off, you will not be able to figure out what God is up to.

This is the burden of living - knowing that it’s finite. The life you and I experience now is a first step. Notice that God has made it all appropriate quote, “in it’s time.” That means it runs out.

But also allow it to motivate you to dream about what’s coming. This life is appropriate now but only for a time. Enjoy it even as you despair that you can’t keep it. But what’s coming is what’s actually in your heart. So don’t look for the here and now to be ultimately satisfying - it can’t - it was never meant to.

But it’s too mysterious you say. Yes it is! You and I are not permitted to understand it. Perhaps it’s all necessary to prepare the human soul to finally and fully meet God. We’re made for God after all. In the meantime, enjoy your day.

“Well God this cuts to the chase doesn’t it? This life is all I know and yet I know it’s coming to an end. If this is all there was then life is truly tragic. But if eternity awaits, then we’re just getting started. Take then what’s in my heart - and set it ablaze!”