“Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.”-
Ecclesiastes 11:5 NLT
Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes for one sole purpose; to spare future generations the pain of learning thru their own experiences that life has absolutely no meaning apart from God. Solomon shows his readers that life involves both risk and opportunity. Although life offers no guarantees that certainly doesn’t mean we should sit down and do nothing.
The verse 5 shines a light on man’s lack of understanding regarding the things of God. We cannot see God, but we are being asked to believe in his existence and trust him. We cannot see the wind or follow its path, but we can see the effects of the wind. It is no different with God. We cannot see him but we can see the effects of his existence. It all requires faith rather than facts.
Another verse in Ecclesiastes tells us the same story: Ecclesiastes 8:17 “I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.”We simply cannot fathom the depths of his workings. His will for each one of us isn’t a secret, but because we make it so difficult to find we sometimes miss it. We must trust God to reveal himself to us when it is necessary and not at our bidding. God does all things when and how he so chooses. We don’t need to understand, that’s not faith. We need to believe as if it had already taken place and then trust him to bring about the physical manifestation of it. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
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